Article Title: 2009 Social Security COLA Increase Gets Mixed Reviews
Snippet from Article: "...Social Security and Supplemental Security Income benefits increase automatically each year based on the rise in the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), from the third quarter of the prior year to the corresponding period of the current year. The increases will take effect on January 1, 2009 for most beneficiaries..."
Source: senior-spectrum.com