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First members of Gen Z are starting out their adult lives with more debt.

The Credit Bureau of Trans Union has new numbers

which show that borrowers age 22 to 24 are carrying an average of about $2,800 in credit card

debt adjusted for inflation that is about 25% higher than

millennials in the same range had a decade ago.

Marketplace's Savannah-M-R has more.

20-somethings a decade ago were slow to start borrowing, says analyst Ted Rossman with

Bankrate.

millennials were really scarred by the Great Recession.

But it doesn't seem like Gen Zers have quite the same stigma surrounding debt.

The report finds they're about 20% more likely to have a credit card.

But they're not racking up debt on fun stuff, says Charlie Wise with Trans Union.

The Gen Z consumer today is facing significantly higher prices

and turning to debt into credit cards, really to kind of help them make ends meet.

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