Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustments and the Consumer Price Index.

OASDI benefits are indexed for inflation to protect beneficiaries from the loss of purchasing power implied by inflation. In the absence of such indexing, the purchasing power of Social Security benefits would be eroded as rising prices raise the cost of living. By statute, cost-of-living adjustment...

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Publicado en:Social Security Bulletin Vol. 67; no. 3; pp. 73 - 89
Autores principales: Burdick, Clark, Fisher, Lynn
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Social Security Administration 2007
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