Retirees are still feeling the impact of higher prices. Yet one buffer for the effects of inflation — the Social Security cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, — may be lower next year. As the rate of ...

Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor simplifies the employee living cost of Australians under Labor using a simple two-column bar graph. “I’m an old management consultant, I can’t help myself,” Mr Taylor ...

Social Security's most-anticipated reveal, the annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), is less than two weeks away. Independent forecasts point to Social Security's 2026 COLA making history -- but ...

Independent forecasts point to Social Security's 2026 COLA making history -- but there's a catch. A sour note will likely be cast over this year's COLA announcement because of a rapidly rising expense ...