Social Security’s 2026 COLA is almost assuredly going to fall short of protecting retirees from rising costs. COLAs are based on a consumer price index that tracks price increases for urban wage ...

September in Washington means lawmakers scrambling to keep the government’s doors open. On-time funding has become a pathological exercise in procrastination. This annual show of Congressional ...

Many changes happen to Social Security each year. Some changes impact current retirees more than others. In 2026, work limits and the COLA will have the biggest impact. Current retirees are going to ...

Social Security benefits are eligible for an automatic cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) each year. The current 2.7% estimate is missing a key piece of inflation data. It's possible that retirees will ...

Gen X is heading toward retirement with hidden challenges. Discover three sneaky problems that could derail your plans and ...

About one-third of adults under age 30 aren't confident Social Security will exist when they get to retirement. Social Security may be a program for a majority of American workers, but younger ...

Like all savers, the Social Security program benefits from high interest rates. Money paid into the Social Security system is invested in bonds and other high-quality securities that pay interest.

Social Security’s trust fund could run dry by 2035 and trigger an automatic 17% benefits cut. Benefits have lost approximately 20% of their buying power since 2010 due to inadequate cost-of-living ...

The Social Security Administration — the sprawling federal agency that delivers retirement, disability and survivor benefits to 74 million Americans — began the second Trump administration with a ...

Social Security may be a program for a majority of American workers, but younger generations are balking at paying more to secure the faltering system if it doesn’t guarantee them their own benefits ...