In 2025, benefits get a 2.5% boost. Expect to see your COLA reduced if you're enrolled in Medicare. Automatic Social Security cost-of-living adjustments, or COLAs, were enacted in 1975 in ...

The Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) serves as a vital mechanism in the economic landscape, designed to safeguard individuals' purchasing power against the relentless tide of inflation.

Due to cooling inflation, many people are anticipating a relatively small cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for Social Security in 2026. Tariffs could consumer prices upward, leading to higher ...

Based on Thursday's slower-than-expected annual March inflation report, the estimated Social Security COLA for 2026 is 2.2%, according to Mary Johnson, retired Social Security policy analyst who ...

To counteract the trend, Coca-Cola over the past few years has experimented with wacky limited-time offerings to persuade customers to try Coke again. But its latest flavor, Coca-Cola Spiced ...