The annual cost-of-living increase in Social Security next year is projected to remain in record low territory, grim news for seniors dependent on those monthly checks to cover their expenses.

According to a forecast by the Senior Citizens League, based on the most recent consumer price index data, the 2015 boost in Social Security checks will amount to a meager 1.7 percent.

The Social Security Administration won’t be announcing its official rate of increase for beneficiaries until later in the month, but Senior Citizens League Chairman Ed Cates said in a statement that he didn’t expect the September CPI data to make much of a difference and predicted that “(t)he 2015 COLA will most likely be stuck in the low range of 1.6 to 1.8 percent.”