Social Security retirement claims tend to follow a seasonal pattern each year, and they increase over time with the aging of ...

A record number of retired workers have filed for Social Security benefits during the first five months of the year.

More older Americans are claiming their Social Security benefits earlier, a potentially alarming trend that could ...

Spike in early Social Security claims this year points to growing concerns about the health of the Social Security system, ...

But this spring, something different happened, he says: an unexpected surge in the ... your monthly benefit grows by 8%, notes Kathleen Romig, who directs Social Security and disability policy ...