The cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) applied to Social Security payments in any given year is based on CPI-W inflation from ...
The Social Security cost-of-living adjustment officially goes ... As mentioned, the 2.5% adjustment came from comparing third-quarter 2024 CPI data to the CPI data from the third quarter of ...
However, shelter costs will be closely watched as declining prices here could prompt further disinflation given the large weighting to shelter in the CPI series. It’s expected that headline ...