The estimate, released by The Senior Citizens League (TSCL), is slightly up from April's 2.3 percent forecast.

Social Security's cost-of-living adjustment for 2026 could be 2.4%, up from last month's forecast for 2.2%, according to an independent analyst.

New government inflation data shows the pace of inflation has subsided from pandemic-era highs. Social Security beneficiaries ...

COLA may be the smallest increase in five years, but inflation trends could shift that outlook. Here's what we know now.

Inflation data for April came in lower than experts had projected. There’s a chance that cooler-than-expected inflation could ...

The Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2026 is estimated to be lower than that of 2025, potentially making ...

Social Security cost-of-living-adjustment will be announced in October, it is projected to be 2.4% by the Senior Citizens ...

The Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2026 is estimated to be lower than that of 2025, potentially making ...

A preliminary forecast for the 2026 Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) suggests an increase of just 2.4 percent ...

Still, the new forecast is below the 2025 COLA of 2.5% and the average COLA over the past 20 years of 2.6%. It would be the lowest since 2021, when the increase was 1.3%. COLA is not a raise, but ...

Social Security beneficiaries may receive a 2.4% increase in their payments beginning in January 2026, according to recent estimates by the Senior Citizens League. For retired Social Security ...

The 2026 Social Security cost-of-living-adjustment is projected to be 2.4% Social Security's cost-of-living adjustment for 2026 is expected to be below this year's level, which would make it the ...