The number of people who applied for unemployment benefits after Thanksgiving jumped to a three-month high, but the increase ...
To understand this sudden rush to cash in early, AARP conducted a survey of 1,884 adults aged 50-plus in June 2025 (2). The results showed that 49% of respondents who claimed their benefits earlier ...
The benefits provide important economic support for older people who cannot work. The White House recently halted changes to ...
Changes will influence monthly benefits, payroll taxes, and how much income retirees can earn without reducing their payments ...
The larger-than-expected rise in initial weekly jobless claims reported by the Labor Department reversed the sharp drop in ...
Americans are pivoting from a decades-long pattern of delaying Social Security and are instead locking in benefits earlier, ...
On paper, it seems rather obvious that the best way to optimize your retirement is to delay claiming Social Security for as long as possible. According to the Social Security Administration, taking ...
We taxpayers are still waiting for our $1 trillion of annual savings. This latest report shows we will be waiting a long time. Until eternity, actually. "It's often impossible to prove a negative, but ...
Age 62 is the soonest you can sign up for Social Security. Filing that early will reduce your monthly benefits. There are different factors to consider when deciding whether 62 is the right time to ...
When should you claim Social Security? There are a lot of different answers to this question, depending on who you ask. There are financial gurus who have weighed in, and there have even been studies ...
(NEXSTAR) – Some payments from the U.S. Social Security Administration will arrive a little bit differently this December. No one will miss a check, but beneficiaries should expect their payments in ...
Suze Orman and Dave Ramsey have different opinions on the best age to claim benefits. Retirees need to make a personalized decision about what claiming age makes sense given their personal and ...