If you receive Social Security benefits, the SSA announced there will be a 1.7% COLA increase beginning January 2013. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/post/federal-retirement-cola-of-17-percent-announced/2012/10/16/03cb656e-1794-11e2-9855-71f2b202721b_blog.html?wprss=federal-eye …