Proposed Provision: A3. Starting December 2021, 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
2020261261
2021248248
2022233233
2023217218
2024200203
2025183186
2026165170
2027148154
2028130138
2029112121
203094105
20317688
20325872
20333956
20342039
2035122
2036-195
2037-38-12
2038-59-30
2039-80-48
2040-101-66
2041-122-84
2042-144-102
2043-166-121
2044-188-140
2045-210-159
2046-232-177
2047-255-196
2048-277-215
2049-299-234
2050-322-252
2051-344-271
2052-367-290
2053-389-308
2054-412-327
2055-434-346
2056-457-365
2057-480-385
2058-504-404
2059-527-424
2060-551-444
2061-575-465
2062-599-485
2063-624-507
2064-650-528
2065-676-550
2066-702-573
2067-728-595
2068-755-618
2069-782-642
2070-809-665
2071-837-690
2072-866-714
2073-895-740
2074-925-765
2075-955-792
2076-986-819
2077-1018-846
2078-1051-875
2079-1084-904
2080-1119-934
2081-1154-964
2082-1190-995
2083-1226-1026
2084-1263-1058
2085-1300-1090
2086-1337-1122
2087-1374-1154
2088-1411-1186
2089-1448-1218
2090-1484-1248
2091-1520-1279
2092-1554-1309
2093-1589-1338
2094-1623-1367
2095-1657-1396
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