Once you account for falling wages among young workers—if you must: “the Millennials"—many mysteries of the economic behavior of young people cease to be mysterious, such as this generation’s aversion to home-buying, auto loans, and savings. Indeed, the savings rate for Americans under 35, having briefly breached after the Great Recession, dove back underwater and now swims at negative-1.8 percent.
The Incredible Shrinking Incomes of Young Americans - The Atlantic

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