The first round of December’s Social Security payments, worth up to $4,873 for the highest-income earners who retire at age 70, will go out to the first group of retirees in one week. Here is all you need to know about this month’s Social Security payments,

Social Security beneficiaries have some changes coming in December and January, due to quirks of the calendar and a payment hike.

Social Security benefits and SSI payments will increase in 2025, helping tens of millions of people keep up with expenses even as inflation has started to cool.'

Arguably, the biggest change coming to Social Security in 2025 is the annual cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA. To be sure, inflation has cooled off considerably, and as a result, the COLA that goes into effect for 2025 isn't nearly as large of an increase as those of the past few years.

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Social Security payments receive annual cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) to protect the purchasing power of benefits from inflation. Americans have ranked inflation as their most pressing financial concern for three consecutive years,

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has officially announced a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) that will provide extra money for retirees starting January 1, 2025. This adjustment will result in a 2.