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The COLA boost is slightly better than earlier estimates, even if we're not talking about a lot of money. But many retirees are struggling.
Millions of beneficiaries are to get a check from the U.S.’s Social Security Administration on the final day of October.
FILE - Blank Social Security checks are run through a printer at the U.S. Treasury printing facility February 11, 2005 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by William Thomas Cain/Getty Images) The Social Security Administration sends regular monthly ...
Even though the federal government is shut down, BLS plans to publish its September inflation report at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 24. The agency is making this exception because SSA has to finalize the 2026 COLA by Nov. 1, 2025, to meet statutory deadlines.