The 2025 Social Security cost-of-living adjustment is almost official. Three factors determine the annual COLA, and we already know two of them. Here's when we'll find out the missing piece and what the latest expectations for the COLA are.
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We're just a couple of weeks away from knowing for sure what raise Social Security beneficiaries will get.
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