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  "id": 14463308,
  "title": "Social Security's 2027 COLA Is Officially the 5th-Largest in 35 Years -- but This Doesn't Tell the Full Story",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/social-securitys-2027-cola-is-officially-the-5th-largest-in-35-years-14463308",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-14T13:03:01.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/social-securitys-2027-cola-officially-5th-largest-35-years-doesnt-tell-full-story"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Key PointsThe release of the September inflation report today, Oct. 14, provided the final puzzle needed to calculate Social Security’s 2027 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA).",
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        "published": "2026-10-14T12:43:01.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "MarketWatch Top",
        "title": "Social Security’s COLA will be 3.6% in 2027 as inflation persists",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/social-securitys-cola-will-be-3-6-in-2027-as-inflation-persists",
        "published": "2026-10-14T13:27:00.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "US retirees to receive 3.6% Social Security increase in 2027",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/us-retirees-to-receive-3-6-social-security-increase-in-2027",
        "published": "2026-10-14T14:07:34.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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