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cost-of-living adjustment

[kawst-uhv-liv-ing, kost-]

noun

  1. COLA.



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The Social Security Administration needs inflation data to set its annual cost-of-living adjustment.

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The Social Security cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, is required to be published by Nov. 1.

Some furloughed government workers will return to work to produce a key inflation report for September, allowing for the calculation of Social Security’s cost-of-living adjustment, according to reports.

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The cost-of-living adjustment for 2026 is expected to be as high as 2.8%.

The cost-of-living adjustment can’t keep up with the actual cost of living, as retirees’ costs climb.

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