Proposed Provision: A3. Starting December 2023, 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
2022230230
2023211211
2024194195
2025177178
2026160162
2027143146
2028126130
2029109114
20309198
20317483
20325767
20333951
20342135
2035319
2036-162
2037-35-14
2038-54-31
2039-74-49
2040-95-67
2041-116-85
2042-137-103
2043-158-121
2044-180-140
2045-202-158
2046-224-177
2047-246-196
2048-268-215
2049-291-234
2050-313-253
2051-336-273
2052-359-292
2053-383-312
2054-406-332
2055-430-352
2056-453-372
2057-477-392
2058-501-412
2059-525-433
2060-550-455
2061-575-476
2062-601-498
2063-627-521
2064-654-544
2065-681-567
2066-708-591
2067-736-615
2068-764-639
2069-792-664
2070-821-689
2071-850-715
2072-880-740
2073-910-767
2074-940-793
2075-971-820
2076-1003-848
2077-1036-877
2078-1069-906
2079-1104-936
2080-1139-967
2081-1175-998
2082-1212-1030
2083-1249-1063
2084-1286-1095
2085-1324-1129
2086-1363-1162
2087-1402-1196
2088-1442-1230
2089-1481-1264
2090-1520-1297
2091-1558-1330
2092-1595-1362
2093-1632-1394
2094-1668-1424
2095-1703-1455
2096-1738-1484
2097-1773-1514
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