Proposed Provision: Starting December 2016, 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 |
Present Law |
Provision |
| 2015 | 308 | 308 |
| 2016 | 298 | 298 |
| 2017 | 280 | 281 |
| 2018 | 264 | 266 |
| 2019 | 248 | 251 |
| 2020 | 233 | 237 |
| 2021 | 219 | 224 |
| 2022 | 204 | 211 |
| 2023 | 189 | 197 |
| 2024 | 173 | 183 |
| 2025 | 157 | 169 |
| 2026 | 142 | 156 |
| 2027 | 126 | 142 |
| 2028 | 110 | 128 |
| 2029 | 94 | 114 |
| 2030 | 77 | 100 |
| 2031 | 60 | 85 |
| 2032 | 42 | 69 |
| 2033 | 23 | 53 |
| 2034 | 4 | 37 |
| 2035 | -16 | 20 |
| 2036 | -36 | 3 |
| 2037 | -57 | -15 |
| 2038 | -78 | -33 |
| 2039 | -100 | -51 |
| 2040 | -122 | -69 |
| 2041 | -144 | -88 |
| 2042 | -166 | -106 |
| 2043 | -189 | -125 |
| 2044 | -211 | -143 |
| 2045 | -234 | -162 |
| 2046 | -257 | -181 |
| 2047 | -280 | -200 |
| 2048 | -303 | -219 |
| 2049 | -327 | -239 |
| 2050 | -351 | -258 |
| 2051 | -375 | -278 |
| 2052 | -398 | -297 |
| 2053 | -423 | -317 |
| 2054 | -447 | -337 |
| 2055 | -472 | -357 |
| 2056 | -496 | -378 |
| 2057 | -522 | -399 |
| 2058 | -548 | -420 |
| 2059 | -574 | -442 |
| 2060 | -601 | -465 |
| 2061 | -629 | -488 |
| 2062 | -657 | -511 |
| 2063 | -685 | -535 |
| 2064 | -714 | -560 |
| 2065 | -744 | -585 |
| 2066 | -774 | -610 |
| 2067 | -804 | -636 |
| 2068 | -835 | -662 |
| 2069 | -867 | -689 |
| 2070 | -899 | -716 |
| 2071 | -932 | -744 |
| 2072 | -965 | -773 |
| 2073 | -1000 | -802 |
| 2074 | -1035 | -832 |
| 2075 | -1072 | -863 |
| 2076 | -1110 | -895 |
| 2077 | -1148 | -928 |
| 2078 | -1188 | -962 |
| 2079 | -1228 | -996 |
| 2080 | -1268 | -1030 |
| 2081 | -1309 | -1065 |
| 2082 | -1350 | -1100 |
| 2083 | -1391 | -1134 |
| 2084 | -1432 | -1169 |
| 2085 | -1472 | -1204 |
| 2086 | -1514 | -1239 |
| 2087 | -1555 | -1274 |
| 2088 | -1597 | -1310 |
| 2089 | -1640 | -1346 |
| 2090 | -1683 | -1383 |
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