SOCIAL SECURITY Q & amp;A


March 27, 2002 at 12:00a.m.


Q. When were the highest and lowest cost-of-living adjustments?
A. The highest cost-of-living increase -- 14.3 percent -- was in July 1980; the lowest was 1.3 percent -- in January 1987 and January 1999.
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