Proposed Provision: A3. Starting December 2027, 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
2026151151
2027131131
2028111111
20299293
20307476
20315759
20324043
20332328
2034713
2035-9-2
2036-25-16
2037-41-31
2038-58-46
2039-76-61
2040-94-77
2041-112-94
2042-132-110
2043-151-127
2044-171-145
2045-192-163
2046-213-181
2047-234-200
2048-256-218
2049-279-238
2050-301-257
2051-324-277
2052-347-297
2053-371-318
2054-395-338
2055-420-360
2056-445-381
2057-470-404
2058-496-426
2059-522-450
2060-550-474
2061-578-499
2062-607-524
2063-636-550
2064-666-577
2065-697-605
2066-729-633
2067-761-662
2068-794-691
2069-827-721
2070-861-752
2071-896-783
2072-931-815
2073-967-848
2074-1004-881
2075-1042-915
2076-1081-951
2077-1121-987
2078-1162-1024
2079-1204-1063
2080-1248-1102
2081-1292-1142
2082-1337-1183
2083-1384-1226
2084-1431-1269
2085-1480-1313
2086-1530-1358
2087-1581-1405
2088-1633-1452
2089-1686-1500
2090-1740-1549
2091-1795-1599
2092-1850-1649
2093-1906-1699
2094-1962-1750
2095-2019-1801
2096-2075-1852
2097-2132-1903
2098-2189-1955
2099-2246-2006
2100-2303-2057
2101-2359-2108
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