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                                                               <p>Hurricanes Harvey and Irma caused a lot of hardship, but there may be a silver lining for seniors: The storms could end up giving retirees a few extra dollars in their Social Security checks next year.</p> <p>Harvey shut down major refineries in the Gulf Coast to force up the price of gasoline. And auto prices rose as many people sought to replace cars and trucks damaged by flooding in Texas and Florida.</p> 

                            
                            
                                  
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
                                  
                            
                            
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                                         <p>By triggering higher inflation in August and September, the storms may have boosted the expected increase in benefits in 2018 by the most in six years. The annual COLA, or cost-of-living adjustment, could be as much as 2% versus the 1.6% to 1.8% increase that seemed likely a few months ago. </p> <p>How much is that? In 2017, the average beneficiary received $1,360 a month. A 2% increase would amount to $26.40 a month. Or $326 for the full year.</p> <p>Might not sound like much, but it’s a lot more than the nation’s 42 million retirees got in 2016 or 2015. </p> <p>In 2016, benefits rose just 0.3%. </p> <p>And in 2015 seniors got a big, fat zero: no increase at all. It was the third time since 2010 that people on Social Security got no annual increase in benefits.</p> <p>The slow rise in Social Security benefits is not necessarily a bad thing. Increases are tied to changes in inflation, but inflation has been unusually low since the U.S. exited the Great Recession in 2009.</p> <p> <strong>Also Read:</strong> <a href="/story/nobel-prize-winner-richard-thaler-may-have-added-296-billion-to-retirement-accounts-2017-10-09" class="icon none" >Nobel Prize winner Richard Thaler may have added $29.6 billion to retirement accounts</a> </p> <p>The annual cost of living increase is merely meant to make sure seniors have the same buying power next year as they did the year before. It’s determined by taking the <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/oact/STATS/cpiw.html" target="_new" class="icon " >average rate of inflation from July through September</a> and comparing it the same period a year earlier, using an index known as CPI-W. </p> <p>The problem is, there’s some indication the measure used to set annual increases in benefits understates the rise in inflation, at least for seniors. One study by the advocacy group Senior Citizens League contends <a href="http://seniorsleague.org/social-security-benefits-lose-30-buying-power-since-2000/" target="_new" class="icon " >Social Security benefits only buy about 70% of what they did in 2000</a>.</p> <p>The reason? Retirees spend a disproportionate amount of money on staples such as health care, including prescription drugs, whose prices have generally risen much faster than inflation. They spend less on items whose prices have constantly decline such as electronics. </p> <p>For years the Bureau of Economic Analysis has experimented with another index known as the CPI-E meant to more accurately capture how much the cost of living rises for the elderly. The index has shown a somewhat faster increase in inflation for seniors. </p> <p>Don’t expect Congress to adopt the CPI-E formula for Social Security benefits to make them more generous, though. </p> <p>Instead lawmakers have occasionally considered using a different measure that could lead to smaller COLA increases. Some are worried about rising federal deficits while others see such a change as a way to make the Social Security trust fund more financially sound. </p> 

                            
                            
                                  
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
                                  
                            
                            
                                  
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                            <div class="bankrates-display"><a href="http://www.bankrate.com/partners/funnel/mortgage-rates.aspx?pid=p:mkw&amp;prods=4&amp;loan=650000" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">30 yr fixed Jumbo</a></div>
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                            <div class="bankrates-display"><a href="http://www.bankrate.com/partners/funnel/mortgage-rates.aspx?pid=p:mkw&amp;prods=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">30 yr fixed</a></div>
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                            <div class="bankrates-display"><a href="http://www.bankrate.com/partners/funnel/mortgage-rates.aspx?pid=p:mkw&amp;prods=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">15 yr fixed</a></div>
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                            <div class="bankrates-value">3.73%</div>
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                            <div class="bankrates-display"><a href="http://www.bankrate.com/funnel/auto/?pid=p:mkw&amp;prods=74" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">48 Mo Used Car</a></div>
                            <div class="bankrates-value">3.73%</div>
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                            <div class="bankrates-display"><a href="http://www.bankrate.com/funnel/auto/?pid=p:mkw&amp;prods=42" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">36 Mo Used Car</a></div>
                            <div class="bankrates-value">3.81%</div>
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                            <div class="bankrates-display"><a href="http://www.bankrate.com/funnel/auto/?pid=p:mkw&amp;prods=311" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">72 Mo New Car</a></div>
                            <div class="bankrates-value">3.62%</div>
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                            <div class="bankrates-display"><a href="http://www.bankrate.com/funnel/auto/?pid=p:mkw&amp;prods=41" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">60 Mo New Car</a></div>
                            <div class="bankrates-value">3.73%</div>
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                            <div class="bankrates-display"><a href="http://www.bankrate.com/funnel/auto/?pid=p:mkw&amp;prods=39" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">48 Mo New Car</a></div>
                            <div class="bankrates-value">3.58%</div>
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                            <div class="bankrates-display"><a href="http://www.bankrate.com/funnel/auto/?pid=p:mkw&amp;prods=278" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">60 Mo Auto Refi</a></div>
                            <div class="bankrates-value">2.86%</div>
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                            <div class="bankrates-display"><a href="http://www.bankrate.com/funnel/auto/?pid=p:mkw&amp;prods=276" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">36 Mo Auto Refi</a></div>
                            <div class="bankrates-value">2.52%</div>
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                                <td class="apr">13.14%</td>
                                <td class="apr">13.09%</td>
                                <td class="apr">12.87%</td>
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                                <td class="apr">13.93%</td>
                                <td class="apr">13.93%</td>
                                <td class="apr">13.68%</td>
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                                <td class="name"><a href="http://www.bankrate.com/credit-cards/balance-transfer-cards.aspx?pid=mkw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Balance Transfer</a></td>
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                                <td class="apr">15.64%</td>
                                <td class="apr">15.36%</td>
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                                <td class="name"><a href="http://www.bankrate.com/credit-cards/student-cards.aspx?pid=mkw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Student</a></td>
                                <td class="apr">15.92%</td>
                                <td class="apr">15.92%</td>
                                <td class="apr">15.64%</td>
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                                <td class="name"><a href="http://www.bankrate.com/credit-cards/airline-miles-cards.aspx?pid=mkw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Airline</a></td>
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                                <td class="apr">16.47%</td>
                                <td class="apr">16.06%</td>
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                                <td class="name"><a href="http://www.bankrate.com/credit-cards/rewards-cards.aspx?pid=mkw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reward</a></td>
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                                <td class="apr">16.50%</td>
                                <td class="apr">16.22%</td>
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                                <td class="name"><a href="http://www.bankrate.com/credit-cards/cash-back-cards.aspx?pid=mkw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cash Back</a></td>
                                <td class="apr">16.67%</td>
                                <td class="apr">16.61%</td>
                                <td class="apr">16.37%</td>
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                                <td class="name"><a href="http://www.bankrate.com/credit-cards/prepaid-debit-cards.aspx?pid=mkw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instant Approval</a></td>
                                <td class="apr">18.82%</td>
                                <td class="apr">18.80%</td>
                                <td class="apr">18.57%</td>
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                                <td class="name"><a href="http://www.bankrate.com/credit-cards/bad-credit-cards.aspx?pid=mkw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bad Credit</a></td>
                                <td class="apr">23.62%</td>
                                <td class="apr">23.62%</td>
                                <td class="apr">23.46%</td>
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                <span class="rates-footer">Source: <a href="http://creditcards.com/?aid=fb5dc909" target="_blank">CreditCards.com</a></span>
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