For much of 2025, Oct. 15 was hailed as the most important day of the year for Social Security. That's because it was the date when the Social Security Administration (SSA) was scheduled to announce a ...
This would normally be the most-exciting week of the year for Social Security recipients, but the federal government shutdown had other plans. The last puzzle piece needed to calculate Social Security ...
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Millions of Social Security recipients will see a 2.8 percent cost-of-living increase in their monthly checks next year, the agency said Friday. The ongoing government shutdown delayed the annual ...
Social Security's annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) reveal was pushed back nine days by the federal government shutdown. Next year's raise will likely accomplish a feat that was last observed in ...
Between 80% and 90% of retirees rely on their Social Security income, in some capacity, to make ends meet, which is why Social Security's annual COLA reveal is so anticipated. Donald Trump's tariffs ...
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The Social Security Administration's annual cost-of-living adjustment announcement for 2026 has been delayed as the government shutdown lingers. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics was supposed to ...