If the Inflation Rate Is 4% and Social Security Payments

question 226

Multiple Choice

If the inflation rate is 4% and Social Security payments automatically rise by 4%, this adjustment is authorized by an

• A) inflation rate.
• B) escalator clause.
• C) elevator clause.
• D) insanity clause.

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