P resident Donald Trump’s firing of the commissioner of labor statistics, Erika McEntarfer, on Friday raises serious risks ...

Recent forecasts concerning Social Security's 2026 COLA suggest the average retiree will receive an additional $48 to $54 per ...

Social Security COLAs are supposed to help your checks maintain their buying power. Higher COLAs mean higher inflation.

Estimates for Social Security’s Cost of Living Adjustment – the automatic raise beneficiaries typically receive at the start ...

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) tracks a basket of goods, as measured by government officials. The corresponding price ...

COLAs are designed to help retirees keep pace with inflation, but they're not guaranteed. Rather than count on money that may ...

Social Security's 2026 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) may be inaccurate due to the federal hiring freeze instituted by ...

The trouble began in 2021, when Americans found themselves flush with cash from stimulus policies at a time when supply ...

There's also another key change on the way that will affect many retirees but isn't a Social Security change per se.

In 2025, millions of retirees in the United States receive monthly Social Security payments that vary depending on the state in which they live. Factors such as cost of living, ave ...

There are millions of older Americans today who rely on Social Security to pay their bills in retirement. Granted, some ...