Estimates point to President Donald Trump's tariff and trade policies having a tangible impact on Social Security benefits ...

Text Callout : Key Takeaways - (April '25) What Will the Social Security COLA Raise Be for 2026 ... This followed a 5.9% increase in 2022, which was the highest in four decades.

Retirees will finally get a raise in their Social Security check. The 2025 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) applies to your January 2025 payment, which will arrive, for most retirees according ...

Here's the big picture: While the 2.5% COLA in 2025 is the smallest increase in Social Security benefits in four years -- 3.2% in 2024, 8.7% in 2023, and 5.9% in 2022 -- that means prices ...

since Social Security payouts are automatically adjusted once a year based on a government measure of inflation. The annual adjustment, known as COLA, brought seniors a 5.9 percent boost in ...