Early predictions for the 2025 Social Security COLA suggest a smaller raise for retirees. Here’s what’s driving the drop—and how it may affect your benefits.

The Social Security cost-of-living adjustment — commonly referred to as the COLA — for 2026 is now projected to be 2.5%, according to updated forecasts from The Senior Citizens League, or TSCL, and ...

Retirees count on Social Security benefits to help them cover their costs of living. These benefits are supposed to help ...