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By now, all seniors on Social Security should have gotten their first checks for 2025. With the latest 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in effect, the average benefit has climbed to $1,976 ...
Here's an example: The median retired-worker benefit is $1,673 per month in Mississippi, the lowest in the United States, so a 2.5% COLA would add about $41.80 to the monthly payout.
And the fact that the full-year CPI-W in 2024 increased more than the 2.5% COLA in 2025 is even worse news. It means Social Security will have a little less spending power this year. How retired ...
This is a list of U.S. states and territories by economic growth rate.This article includes a list of the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the 5 inhabited U.S. territories sorted by economic growth — the percentage change in real GDP for the third quarter of 2023 is listed (for the 50 states and District of Columbia), using the most recent data available from the U.S. Bureau of ...
State and local government wages gained 1.0% last quarter, matching the gain in the July-September quarter. They rose 4.5% in the 12 months through December. Benefits for all workers climbed 0.8% ...
This is a list of U.S. states and territories by gross domestic product (GDP). This article presents the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia and their nominal GDP at current prices. The data source for the list is the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) in 2024. The BEA defined GDP by state as "the sum of value added from all industries ...
The United States Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a family of various consumer price indices published monthly by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The most commonly used indices are the CPI-U and the CPI-W, though many alternative versions exist for different uses.
Given that COLA is an acronym for cost-of-living adjustment, and inflation continued to dominate headlines for much of 2024, news of a middling increase may not provide much comfort.