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Social Security checks to increase by 5.9%, as inflation fuels largest COLA for retirees in nearly 40 years

Millions of retirees on Social Security will get a 5.9% boost in benefits for 2022. The biggest cost-of-living adjustment in 39 years follows a burst in inflation as the economy struggles to shake off the drag of the coronavirus pandemic.

Associated Press

Oct 13, 2021, 8:46 AM

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