Proposed Provision: Starting December 2017, compute the COLA using a chained version of the consumer price index for wage and salary workers (CPI-W). We estimate this new computation will reduce the annual COLA by about 0.3 percentage point, on average. The new COLA will not apply to DI benefits. It will apply to OASI benefits, except for those of formerly disabled-workers who converted to retired-worker status.

OASDI Trust Fund Ratio
(assets as a percentage of annual expenditures)

Year Present Law Provision
2014320320
2015306306
2016292292
2017277277
2018262263
2019248249
2020233235
2021219222
2022203207
2023187193
2024171177
2025154162
2026137146
2027119130
2028101113
20298397
20306479
20314461
20322342
2033223
2034-203
2035-42-17
2036-65-37
2037-88-58
2038-112-80
2039-136-101
2040-160-123
2041-185-145
2042-210-167
2043-235-189
2044-260-211
2045-285-233
2046-310-255
2047-336-278
2048-362-301
2049-388-324
2050-415-347
2051-442-370
2052-468-394
2053-495-418
2054-523-441
2055-550-466
2056-578-490
2057-606-515
2058-635-541
2059-664-567
2060-694-593
2061-725-620
2062-756-648
2063-787-676
2064-819-704
2065-852-733
2066-885-763
2067-918-792
2068-952-823
2069-987-854
2070-1022-885
2071-1057-917
2072-1094-950
2073-1132-984
2074-1171-1019
2075-1210-1055
2076-1251-1091
2077-1293-1128
2078-1335-1166
2079-1378-1205
2080-1421-1243
2081-1464-1282
2082-1507-1320
2083-1550-1359
2084-1593-1397
2085-1636-1436
2086-1680-1475
2087-1724-1515
2088-1769-1555
2089-1814-1596
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