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Brisk inflation on the tail end of the pandemic led to a historic 8.7% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for Social Security benefits in 2023. Retired workers hadn't received a pay raise that large

Social Security recipients get annual cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) to help protect the buying power of benefits from inflation. Fallout from the pandemic led to particularly high inflation in

Millions of seniors today rely on the monthly benefits they get from Social Security to stay afloat financially. And each year, Social Security recipients eagerly await news of an upcoming

We're still nearly seven months away from finding out how big is the raise Social Security beneficiaries will receive next year. However, it's not too soon to begin thinking about it.

The Senior

After the market closed Wednesday, Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW) published results for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024 (ended Jan. 31). While the company posted sales and earnings results that came in

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More Americans than ever could pay federal taxes on their Social Security benefits this year, according to The Senior Citizens League. These taxes will also take a bigger bite out of Social Security

It's no secret that Social Security is fraught with problems. One particularly consequential issue is the annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). Specifically, while Social Security recipients get

At the start of 2023, seniors on Social Security saw their monthly benefits rise 8.7%. That was the largest cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, to arrive in decades.

But 2024's COLA is shaping up to

Social Security undergoes several important changes each year, the most anticipated of which is the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). Rampant post-pandemic inflation led to unusually large COLAs of

Shares of Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) were up more than 12% for the week as of Friday at 12:30 p.m. ET, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. The healthcare company's

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We're still months away from knowing how big of a raise Social Security recipients will receive in 2024. But it's not too early to start thinking about it.

That's exactly what the Senior Citizens

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Seniors on Social Security saw their benefits rise by 8.7% at the start of 2023. That raise was the largest cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, to arrive in decades. And it's hopefully helped some

Robert Bryce is the author of A Question of Power: Electricity and the Wealth of Nations and the writer of an eponymous Substack.

Motley Fool Senior Analyst Nick Sciple caught up with Bryce to