The annual COLA is appreciated, but it hasn't always kept up with inflation enough to reasonably cancel it out. According to ...

In 2025, benefits got a 2.5% COLA. Many older Americans are hoping that 2026's COLA will be larger, or at the very least, the ...

COLAs are tied directly to inflation. Challenges in reporting inflation data could lead to incomplete information -- and a ...

Gold is dear to Indians. While its importance cannot be undermined, volatility in prices may distort the inflation trajectory ...

But what would make the 2026 cost-of-living adjustment special is that it would mark the fifth consecutive year of at least a ...

The Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) is crucial for over 73 million Americans, ensuring benefits keep pace ...

The Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) is a crucial mechanism applied annually by Social Security to ensure beneficiaries' payments keep pace with rising prices.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell defends the interest rate pause amid concerns about tariff-driven inflation. Here’s what this means ...

Most Americans don’t have a retirement tax plan, according to a Northwestern Mutual study. If you’re one of them, it could be ...

For example, the Social Security Administration (SSA) bases its annual adjustment on the CPI. For 2023, SSA announced an 8.7% cost-of-living increase — the biggest in 40 years — but in 2024 ...

A key strategic milestone was the passing of the amendments to the Statistics Act (No 6 of 1999) by the 6th Parliament and the President assenting to the Amendment Act in December 2024, now known as ...

US consumer sentiment rose sharply in June to a four-month high and inflation expectations improved notably as concerns eased ...