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A new analysis is projected Social Security Administration (SSA) Life adjustment (COLA) will be higher than previously predicted.
The League of Elderly Citizens (TSCL) published its COLA 2026 assessment based on inflation data, and predicted that it would be 2.5%, which is 2.4%compared to the previous month’s estimate by 2.3%. This means the fourth consecutive month, the TSCL model showed a higher circle for the next year.
SSA adjusts the benefits paid by beneficiaries each year to take into account Inflation of inflation at consumer prices. The higher inflation, the greater the benefit increases.
The circle for 2025 was 2.5%, which was the lowest annual increase since 2021, when the inflation cycle began, which reached the maximum at the 40-year high in June 2022, before mitigating in the coming years. This increase by 2.5% increased the average monthly social security assistance by $ 48 found at the time TSCL.
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According to the TSCL analysis, the annual social insurance circle for 2026 will be 2.5%. (Photo illustrations Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images / Getty Images)
TSCL analysis also cited a recent report The Wall Street Journal This revealed the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), which collects inflation data on a monthly basis for the consumer price index (IPC), reported that freezing at the agency pushed BLS to reduce the number of enterprises where it checks the prices of consumer prices for CPI.
As a result, the agency used a less proven method of assumptions Changes in prices More widely than in the past, which forced economists to cause concern about the quality of data in the latest and upcoming inflation reports. Less accurate data may have broader consequences for the economy.
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Last year, the circle was 2.5%. (Istock / Istock)
TSCL has written that “any erosion in the reliability of the PCC presents great risks to the elderly” and affects Future wheel and inflation forecasts.
“Although the ordering of the federal government is a good thing that should not involve the reduction of our ability to measure how our economy changes,” said TSCL Executive Director Shannon Bentan. “Inaccurate or unreliable data in IPC dramatically increase the likelihood that the elderly receive a circle that is lower than actual inflation, which can cost the elderly thousands of dollars during retirement.
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Annual Social Insurance Circle changes monthly assistance for beneficiary inflation data. (Istock / Istock)
“The elderly should be concerned because inflation continues to vote up,” Benton added, noting that TSCL studies show a gap between official inflation data and experience the elderly daily when they are involved in the economy.
“If the government tells us that prices are rising faster, it is likely that the elderly already feel crunching.”
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A CPI BLS data In May last month, inflation noted slightly higher, increasing 2.4% compared to a year ago. This figure was colder than 2.5%, estimated by economists, LSEG, although it was even higher than 2.3%in April.
