You're allowed to claim Social Security as early as 62, but doing it so early reduces your checks by 5/9 of 1% per month for ...

The primary trust fund that supports Social Security is expected to run out of money in 2033. If Congress doesn’t adjust the ...

The maximum taxable earnings are the amounts of income subject to Social Security payroll taxes in a given year. In 2025, ...

Policymakers cling to a 1970s consumer-price index formula that overstates cost increases and drives up automatic spending.

The Fed met on October 29th to determine their direction for monetary policy, and they decided on a 25bp cut, leaving the Fed ...

More people claiming Social Security in their early 60s won’t have a negative long-term impact on the program’s finances ...

The equity market continues to ignore the government shutdown (perhaps treating it as a positive) and, more importantly, the ...

Social Security benefits will receive a historic cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in 2026, but retired workers may still find ...

The problem with the “basic math” behind delaying Social Security is that it often overlooks longevity risk. While it’s true that waiting longer increases your benefit, your total lifetime payout ...

The Motley Fool reports that 54% of Social Security recipients find the upcoming 2.8% COLA insufficient to cover rising ...

The new consumer price data released Friday shows an overall 0.3% increase in September, bringing the annual rate of ...

The Fed tracks the Personal Consumption Expenditures price indexes for its 2% inflation target. Based on the CPI data, ...