The claiming decision is strongly tied to the age at which someone retires, especially for younger retirement ages.

According to the SSA, individuals born between May 2, 1958, and February 28, 1959, will reach their full retirement age in 2025. For those born in 1960 and later, the full retirement age will increase ...

Most readers probably know Social Security payments receive annual cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) designed to protect the ...

Full retirement age – the time when you become eligible to claim 100 percent of your Social Security benefits – is set to increase in 2025. Recipients can begin claiming Social Security benefits as ...