Social Security

The next few weeks will be critical as the COLA is determined on the average inflation rate in the third quarter — July, August and September — versus the average third-quarter inflation a year ago.

The latest survey from EBRI finds that employees are feeling better about their financial futures, but big challenges remain.

White Americans still have twice as much retirement wealth as savers of color, research shows.

Social Security is getting a 3.2% boost this month — but retirees' expenses have risen by more than triple that rate since last year.

Last year's cost of living adjustment was the largest in more than three decades.

As early as this summer, some seniors could see their benefits garnished to pay off old loans.

It's the biggest cost-of-living increase since 1981.

Some older Americans worry that if they return to work, they'll get less money from Social Security. In fact, the opposite is true — but advisers need to get the word out.

For a century, Americans were retiring younger and younger. Then, in the 1990s, the average retirement age started to shoot back up. What happened?

A new study says millennials should only expect 80% of their projected benefits, but there are ways to make up for the shortfall.