Proposed Provision: A3. Starting December 2020, 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.

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

Year Current Law Provision
2019273273
2020260260
2021245246
2022229231
2023213216
2024197201
2025180185
2026163170
2027147155
2028130140
2029114125
203097110
20318095
20326380
20334665
20342850
20351034
2036-918
2037-282
2038-47-15
2039-67-31
2040-87-49
2041-108-66
2042-129-83
2043-150-101
2044-171-118
2045-192-136
2046-213-153
2047-234-170
2048-255-187
2049-276-204
2050-297-221
2051-318-238
2052-338-255
2053-359-272
2054-380-289
2055-401-306
2056-422-324
2057-444-341
2058-465-358
2059-487-376
2060-509-394
2061-531-413
2062-554-432
2063-577-451
2064-601-471
2065-625-490
2066-649-511
2067-674-531
2068-699-552
2069-724-574
2070-749-595
2071-776-617
2072-802-640
2073-830-663
2074-857-686
2075-885-710
2076-914-735
2077-944-760
2078-975-786
2079-1007-813
2080-1039-841
2081-1072-869
2082-1106-897
2083-1139-925
2084-1173-954
2085-1207-983
2086-1242-1011
2087-1275-1040
2088-1309-1068
2089-1342-1096
2090-1375-1123
2091-1407-1150
2092-1439-1177
2093-1471-1204
2094-1503-1231
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