One of the most important pieces of Social Security retirement benefits is the annual cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA.

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Every October, the Social Security Administration reveals its annual cost-of-living adjustment, also known as COLA, based on inflation data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.