Tag: inflation
But over the last four years, the COLA has fully protected retirees. The inflation data for August gives us a pretty good idea about the likely magnitude of Social Security’s cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2025. This automatic indexing of benefits to keep up with rising prices – always a wonderful feature of our Social Security…
As the nation was emerging from the pandemic, rents exploded. Two years later, the pressure on rents is starting to ease in response to an increase in multifamily construction, including apartment buildings. But the COVID-era surge continues to haunt renters, who are paying about 20 percent more than they did in 2019, though healthy wag…
