Social Security benefits will increase 2.5% in 2025 to account for inflation

Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Social Security recipients will get a 2.5% benefits increase in 2025, with more than 68 million people seeing a $50 per month average hike in payments starting in January.

The 2025 annual inflation increase is lower than the 3.2% Social Security cost of living increase in 2024, due to falling inflation.

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