2025 Social Security COLA Set for Historic Low Amid Cooling Inflation
TL;DR
The Senior Citizen’s League projects the 2025 Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to be 2.63%, the lowest since 2021. This estimate, based on the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners (CPI-W), reflects ongoing concerns that the CPI-W does not accurately represent seniors' spending habits, particularly with rising costs in food and housing. The official COLA will be announced in October.
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