The cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) applied to Social Security payments in any given year is based on CPI-W inflation from ...

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tied to a subset of the Consumer Price Index known as the CPI-W, which tracks the price of goods and services across the economy. Here is how it works: The CPI-W from the third quarter of the ...

Every year, the Social Security Administration, or SSA, examines inflation data and adjusts Social Security benefits ...

If you receive Social Security benefits, your payments are getting bigger this year. That’s because you’re getting a Cost of ...

The Senior Citizens League (TSCL), a nonpartisan senior group, recently released their monthly COLA estimate, predicting that ...

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.4 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis in December, ...

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The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): This index is used to determine the annual cost of living adjustments to Social Security benefits and to adjust ...

COLA is tied to the CPI-W, or the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers. For December, the CPI-W was 2.8%, up from 2.6% in November. "While slowing inflation is a good ...

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