Ren runs up: Granny's pension rises 3.6% next year. Granny Ume: and prices rose 3.7%; the bread knows. $75 more a month, on average, for nearly 72 million people. Mio: is it enough? Granny: asked about 3.5%, three in four told an AARP survey no. Poko shares acorns.
On the day inflation came in at 3.7%, Social Security announced a 3.6% cost-of-living rise for 2027, about $75 a month on the average retirement benefit for nearly 72 million people from January; the figure is set by law from a separate index for wage earners, CPI-W, not the headline number, and in a recent AARP survey 76% said a 3.5% rise would not be enough.
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