Consumer Price Index

FERS + Debt + Retirement = Very bad idea!

Retirement with debt is a bad idea, especially if you are under the FERS program with its diet-COLA formula.

Federal Report

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NDAA veto could jeopardize pay and benefits for nurses, Gold Star Families and other military occupations

Defense

Military retirees, survivors will see 1.3% increase in COLA for 2021

Defense

January’s CSRS, FERS, Social Security and COLA outlook is grim

Federal Report

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Military retirees to get big COLA increase, troops at the border will not get danger pay

Defense News

Diet COLAs bad for future retirees

Federal Report

Postal Service: ‘Flawed business model’ to blame for first-quarter loss

Agency Oversight

Postal Service’s regulatory body proposes long-term financial fixes

Agency Oversight

2018 pay raise vs. COLA — and the winner is …

Trick question: Who’s going to get the biggest pay raise next year: active-duty federal workers or federal retirees and folks who get Social Security?

Federal Report

Bill would change equation for seniors when calculating COLAs

The CPI-E Act would require federal retirement programs to use the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E) when calculating cost-of-living adjustments….

Pay & Benefits