Madison, Wisconsin – Na dem wan gree talk ‘government shutdown’ too much, abi you don hear? As e be, the US government don dey chop cold, and e dey affect people wey dey collect Social Security benefits. Na the shutdown make some important inflation data wey dem dey call Consumer Price Index (CPI) delay, and dis one fit carry wahala go next year for retirees and disabled Americans.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) don call some staff back to work just to prepare di CPI report after di government shutdown don start since October 1. This report dey important because e go help calculate how much Social Security benefits go increase for next year. Normally, dem dey expect to drop dis info around October, but with dis wahala, e don shift from October 15 to October 24.
Trending news say dis release go help Social Security Administration follow di law wey come say dem gatz pay benefits on time. As e be, only one employee dey work full-time at di bureau during di shutdown (talk about one-man army, abi?). Dem don even stop all operations, so no other report go drop until di government open shop again.
If dem no release September CPI data, e go affect di yearly cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) wey dey important for over 74 million people wey dey collect monthly benefits. We sabi say COLA dey help many people keep up with inflation, but now e be like say dem dey play hide and seek with di figures.
Experts don already dey warn say if di shutdown no gree end soon, dem go face more delays in releasing di inflation report. So, for many retirees, dis no go be good news as dem dey plan how much dem go collect for 2026. Di veritable profit many dey expect fit dey smaller, or fit come late (make we no dey suspect Commission of Fraud here o!).
Last week, di BLS sef no release di jobs report wey usually dey come out di first Friday of di month. So, for all di Social Security beneficiaries, dem don talk say “no shaking
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