Shutdown Won’t Affect Social Security
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics is calling some staff back to work to prepare its closely watched inflation gauge, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) report, despite the government shutdown, a Trump administration official told CNN.
Bureau of Labor Statistics' making a data release exception so older Americans can finally find out what their 2026 Social Security COLA raise is.
Some furloughed government workers will return to work to produce a key inflation report for September, allowing for the calculation of Social Security’s cost-of-living adjustment for 2026.