( ) -q-27- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “started to cool.’” Millions of retirees who receive Social Security benefits will see a 2.5% cost-of-living increase to their monthly checks beginning in January. [CutID: <Cuts> SOCIAL-SECURITY-COLA-house-q-THUam.mp3 Time: 27s Title: SOCIAL-SECURITY-COLA-house-q-THUam Out-cue: started to cool] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. —————————— VERBATIM: The Social Security Administration says the […]
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Social Security recipients will get a 2.5% cost-of-living boost in 2025
( ) -q-27- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “started to cool.'”
Millions of retirees who receive Social Security benefits will see a 2.5% cost-of-living increase to their monthly checks beginning in January.
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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting.
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VERBATIM: The Social Security Administration says the cost-of-living adjustment for retirees translates to more than $50 more on average per retiree every month. About 72.5 million people, including retirees, disabled people and children, get Social Security benefits. The agency’s commissioner says the cost-of-living adjustment will help millions of people “keep up with expenses even as inflation has started to cool.”