Social Security COLA announcement was set for today
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Bureau of Labor Statistics' making a data release exception so older Americans can finally find out what their 2026 Social Security COLA raise is.
Social Security's biggest reveal of the year -- the 2026 COLA -- was supposed to occur today (Oct. 15), but has been pushed back by the federal government shutdown. The September inflation report will now be released on Oct.
Some furloughed government workers will return to work to produce a key inflation report for September, allowing for the calculation of Social Security’s cost-of-living adjustment for 2026.