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From: Stacy Sare Cohen
U.S. Financial and Social Security experts needed to speak about COLA 2016 vs. COLA 2026
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The 2016 COLA increase of 0.3% versus the projected 2026 adjustments illustrates how inflation measurement methodology and economic cycles directly impact retirement security—a comparison that shows MoneyLion readers how decade-long trends affect their actual purchasing power in retirement
Social Security beneficiaries who received the minimal 2016 COLA saw their benefits effectively eroded by healthcare and housing costs, making the 2026 projections relevant for current savers planning their own retirement income needs through MoneyLion's platform
The policy debate around COLA formulas—comparing what happened in 2016 to what's forecasted for 2026—reveals how legislative choices about wage indexing and benefit calculations directly determine whether Social Security keeps pace with real-world expenses that MoneyLion users are tracking
Position this as a retrospective-to-forward analysis: what the stagnant 2016 COLA taught us about Social Security's adequacy problem, and what that means for 2026 beneficiaries using MoneyLion to plan retirement income.
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