Social Security beneficiaries could see a 2.7% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in 2026, which is slightly above the 2.5% increase U.S. retirees received in 2025. That's according to an estimate from ...

Social Security beneficiaries can expect a 3.2% cost-of-living increase next year. It's a smaller increase than the 8.7% bump recipients got this year, which was the largest in decades. Retirees and ...

With inflation on the rise, consumer prices up, and job growth slowing, more Americans are feeling a financial squeeze. The NPR Network is working on a series about the rising cost of living. We want ...

The annual cost-of-living adjustment for federal retirees is set, and for the second straight year, it may disappoint them. The Social Security Administration on Thursday announced that Social ...

Tens of millions of seniors may have to wait longer to find out how much their Social Security checks will rise next year. The Social Security Administration (SSA) is expected to announce the 2026 ...

Social Security recipients and others on fixed incomes will soon see a slight increase in their monthly benefit checks from the U.S. government. Starting in January, the estimated average monthly ...

WASHINGTON — Vietnam War veteran Mike Archer of Arizona is about to sell his 2014 Mazda, end his apartment lease and buy a used RV for housing to keep within his budget on a fixed income amid higher ...

Hawaii is the most expensive state to live in, according to new cost of living data from doxo, an online bill payment service. Doxo recently released its 2024 Cost of Bills Index, which compares ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - State retirees want lawmakers to focus on a cost of living increase that they haven’t seen in nearly two decades. A bill that would change how those increases are funded was ...

More than half a million people left New York City in 2022, 23% of them citing the high cost of living as one of the reasons they chose to move. Outgoing New Yorkers flocked to states like Florida, ...