The CPI-W for May 2021 (263.612) indicate a 2022 COLA OF 4% EXAMPLE: 263.612-253.412/253.412x 100 = (adjusted to the nearest 1/10 of 1 percent =
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The CPI-E: A Better Option for Calculating Social Security COLAs
Perhaps, but not by much. Don’t get your hopes up. From 1982 to 2014, the average annual increase for the experimental CPI-E was 2.9 percent,
Nothing much changes when it comes to Social Security, but facts are facts
TWO YEARS AGO I wrote… SOCIAL SECURITY remains a great mystery to many Americans and is widely misunderstood. For instance, when Social Security’s trustees release
You can calculate Social Security COLA
There is no great mystery to calculating the annual Social Security COLA. The COLA is based on the change in the CPI-W from one year
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