Inflation Outpaces Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustment This Year
The March inflation rate of 3.3%, driven largely by rising energy prices, has outpaced the 2.8% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for Social Security recipients in 2026. Retirees are finding their benefits stretched thinner as increases fail to keep up with rising costs.
Topics: cost of living adjustment (COLA) CPI-U inflation social security