The Social Security Administration recently confirmed there will be no annual Cost-Of-Living Adjustment (COLA) increase to benefits next year. This is the third time since…
(Washington, DC) – Low inflation is striking another blow to the long – term Social Security income of millions of older and disabled Americans, according…
(Washington, DC) – A new analysis of government price data confirms there won’t be any Social Security cost – of – living adjustment (COLA) next…
(Alexandria, VA) – Social Security beneficiaries have lost 22 percent of their buying power since 2000, according to the 2015 Survey of Senior Costs by…
Alexandria, VA: One out of three Social Security recipients, about 31 percent, say they rely entirely on Social Security for all of their income, according…
Mary Johnson Cheap gasoline and home heating oil have made plenty of news since last October. The plunge in petroleum prices, the steepest in six…
May Signal Zero COLA for 2016 An unusually steep drop in inflation has slightly improved the buying power of Social Security benefits this year —…
The plunge in gasoline prices, in recent months, sent the consumer price index (CPI) into a nose-dive. That deflation is expected to make a big…
Will Budget Negotiators Propose Cutting COLAs Again? Jessie Gibbons, Legislative Assistant With the Social Security Disability Insurance trust fund set to become insolvent by the…
Beneficiaries received a 1.7% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) this month, making 2015 the sixth year of exceptionally low COLA growth. With the average monthly Social Security…
