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Social Security COLA for 2027 may be 3.5% to 3.6%, new estimates show — the highest in 3 years

New government inflation data points to a higher Social Security cost-of-living adjustment for 2027. Here's what experts estimate the change may be.

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CurrentWire ranked this story 62.3 of 100 in the snapshot this page was rendered from.

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Source authority
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Coverage breadth
4 of 20
Geographic relevance
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Strongest signal: freshness, 34.3 of 35. How each signal is calculated.

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