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Is the Retirement Picture for Millennials Looking Better?

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  • Anqui Chen
  • Nilufer Gok
  • Alicia H. Munnell

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Millennials started their careers in weak labor markets, so initially they lagged behind Late Boomers and Gen Xers at the same ages in life events and wealth. Strikingly, data for 2022 show a big reversal: Millennials had caught up on most indicators, and they surpassed earlier cohorts in wealth accumulation. The main reason was a huge runup in housing wealth, which soared during COVID, but gains in financial wealth also boosted balance sheets. It’s not clear, however, what this good news means for retirement security, since house prices may reverse and few retirees tap their equity for consumption.

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  • Anqui Chen & Nilufer Gok & Alicia H. Munnell, 2024. "Is the Retirement Picture for Millennials Looking Better?," Issues in Brief ib2024-18, Center for Retirement Research.
    • Handle: RePEc:crr:issbrf:ib2024-18
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