Millennials will be worse off than their parents, right? Maybe not.
Marketplace All-in-One
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4.5 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 12 March 2024
⏱️ 8 minutes
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It’s practically accepted as truth at this point: Millennials would be the first generation to be worse off than their parents. But recent research casts some doubt on that assessment. We’ll consider some economic findings that reframe things a bit. Plus, prices were up 3.2% annually in February, and month-over-month price increases seem to be going in the wrong direction. That’s not something the Federal Reserve will be happy about.
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| 0:29.0 | We've got a deal for you on this first day of our March fundraising campaign to celebrate the |
| 0:34.4 | 35th anniversary of Marketplace, the Marketplace Investors Challenge Fund will match all |
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| 0:55.0 | Prices are up 3.2% over last year. |
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| 1:07.3 | Prices rose 4 tenths of a percent in February, that is more than they did in January, which was more than they did in December. |
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