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Social Security: 3 Reasons Your Benefits Might Disappoint You
A lot of people reach the end of their careers without money saved for retirement. And folks in this boat are typically left ...
Two moves retirees may make now to boost their 2025 Social Security benefit checks
A 2.5% Social Security cost-of-living adjustment is the lowest increase to benefits since 2021. To increase those checks, ...
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Social Security COLA Falls Short: 2.5% Increase Trails 2.9% Inflation
The Social Security Administration (SSA) calculates the COLA based on changes in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W). This year, the 2.5% COLA lags behind ...
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2025 COLA Shortfall: Why Social Security Retirees Are Losing Spending Power
Every year, Social Security adjusts benefits to account for inflation using a system based on the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W). This index measures ...
US wage growth for low-income workers has slowed rapidly, erasing their post-COVID edge
US wage growth for lower-paid workers has slowed more than other groups recently. That has partly reversed the strides they ...
Michigan Capitol Confidential13d
Republicans, Democrats offer bills to fix upcoming tip credit, minimum wage changes
Proposals to modify the impending changes are bipartisan, with Democrats offering Senate Bill 8 and Senate Bill 15 in the ...