Social Security: Cost-of-Living Adjustments

Sidor, Gary

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Social security;    Supplemental security income program;    Labor;    Cost of living adjustments;    Pensions;   

RP-ID  :  94-803
RP-ID  :  94-803_2014Oct29

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

To compensate for the effects of inflation, Social Security recipients usually receive an annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). Benefits will be increased by 1.7% in 2015, following an increase of 1.5% in 2014. This report discusses how the COLA is determined.