Cost Of Living Increase


Definition of "Cost-of-living increase"

Cathy Alfaro
  The Reinhart Company

Same as term Cost-Of-Living Adjustment: automatic adjustment applied to Social Security retirement payments when the consumer price index increases at a rate of at least 3%, the first quarter of one year to the first quarter of the next year.



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