Following the July inflation report, the nonpartisan senior advocacy group The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) was forecasting a 2.57% COLA for 2025 (which would round up to 2.6%). Likewise, independent Social Security and Medicare policy analyst Mary Johnson, who recently retired from TSCL, had estimated a 2.6% COLA for next year.

While the official COLA will be announced next month, experts following inflation trends month to month can make fairly accurate predictions for what the adjustment will look like

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) just released the second of three data points that will determine how much more retirees will receive in Social Security retirement benefits next year. The annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustment,

As more U.S. retirees wonder if they'll have enough funds to last their retirement years, any change to Social Security can prove a significant one.

The Social Security 2025 COLA forecast was recently revised downward.

Social security recipients may have to lower their expectations of the amount of benefits they will be receiving in the next year. According to CBS News, retirees are expected to receive an increase of $48 or 2.