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Cost-of-Living Adjustment

An increase to a wage, salary, or pension designed so that the real value remains the same. That is, a cost-of-living adjustment increases the underlying wage, salary, or pension so that it keeps pace with (but does not run ahead of) inflation. Federal pensions and Social Security include cost-of-living adjustments, though few other pensions do.

Cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). A COLA results in a wage or benefit increase that is designed to help you keep pace with increased living costs that result from inflation.

COLAs are usually pegged to increases in the consumer price index (CPI). Federal government pensions, some state pensions, and Social Security are usually adjusted annually, but only a few private pensions provide COLAs.

cost-of-living adjustment (COLA)

A change in payments, such as rent in subsidized housing, based on a change in the index that measures inflation.

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No references found	Byline: GUEST VIEWPOINT By Peter DeFazio For the first time in more than 30 years, seniors and disabled workers on Social Security will not receive a cost-of-living adjustment next year. Don't use borrowed money for seniors by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) Payroll tax receipts generally hold up much better in recessions than do income taxes, but job losses have been so severe that the CBO expects them to decline slightly from 2008, while benefits rise almost 9 percent because of cost-of-living adjustments and the beginnings of the baby-boomer retirement wave. So long, surplus: Social Security unstimulated by Doherty, Brian / Reason Interestingly, the Social Security cost-of-living adjustments for 2008 were also announced recently. Medicare Premiums to Increase by Kimberly Lankford, Contributing Editor, Kiplinger's Personal Finance / Kiplinger.com	Cost Method of Inventory Valuation Cost of Capital Cost of Carry Cost of Debt Cost of Equity Cost of Funds cost of funds index Cost of Goods Sold Cost of Lease Financing Cost of limited partner capital Cost of Living Cost of Maintaining a Home Cost of Tender Cost or Market, Whichever is Lower Cost per Click Cost per Thousand Cost Records cost recovery Cost Recovery Period Cost Synergy cost to cure Cost, Insurance and Freight cost-benefit analysis Cost-Benefit Ratio Cost-of-carry market cost-of-living adjustment cost-of-living index Cost-of-Savings Index Cost-Plus Contract cost-plus-percentage contract Cost-Push Inflation Costa Rican Colon CoStar Costo Costo base Costo de adquisicion Costo de adquisicion para fines impositivos Costo de capital Costo de colocacion de una emision nueva Costo de emision Costo de inmovilizacion del capital Costo de mercaderias vendidas Costo de oportunidad Costo de origen Costo de reposicion Costo del capitale Costo del servicio de la deuda Costo delle merci vendute Costo di transporto Costo directo Costo efectivo	cost-cutters cost-cutting cost-effective cost-effective Cost-Effective Environment-Friendly Cost-Effective High-Performance Packaging for Electronic Systems Cost-Effective Robot Control System Cost-Effective Targeting System Cost-Effective Uses of Technology in Teaching cost-effectively cost-effectively cost-effectiveness cost-effectiveness Cost-effectiveness analysis Cost-effectiveness analysis Cost-effectiveness analysis Cost-Effectiveness Model cost-efficiency cost-efficient Cost-Minimisation Analysis Cost-of-carry Cost-of-carry market Cost-Of-Consumables Cost-of-Equity Cost-of-Funds Cost-of-Knowledge Characteristic Function cost-of-living cost-of-living cost-of-living cost-of-living cost-of-living adjustment Cost-of-Living Adjustments Cost-of-Living Adjustments cost-of-living allowance cost-of-living benefit Cost-of-Living Differential Allowance Cost-of-Living Increase Cost-of-Living Increase Cost-of-Living Increases Cost-of-Living Increases cost-of-living index cost-of-living index cost-of-living index cost-of-living index Cost-of-production theory of value Cost-of-production theory of value Cost-of-Sales Cost-of-Savings Index Cost-of-Service Analysis Cost-Per-Million Cost-Per-Transaction cost-plus cost-plus a fixed-fee contract cost-plus contract cost-plus contract cost-plus contract Cost-Plus Contracts Cost-Plus Contracts Cost-Plus Contracts cost-plus-fee agreement cost-plus-percentage contract

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Byline: GUEST VIEWPOINT By Peter DeFazio For the first time in more than 30 years, seniors and disabled workers on Social Security will not receive a cost-of-living adjustment next year.

Don't use borrowed money for seniors by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)

Payroll tax receipts generally hold up much better in recessions than do income taxes, but job losses have been so severe that the CBO expects them to decline slightly from 2008, while benefits rise almost 9 percent because of cost-of-living adjustments and the beginnings of the baby-boomer retirement wave.

So long, surplus: Social Security unstimulated by Doherty, Brian / Reason

Interestingly, the Social Security cost-of-living adjustments for 2008 were also announced recently.

Medicare Premiums to Increase by Kimberly Lankford, Contributing Editor, Kiplinger's Personal Finance / Kiplinger.com

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