1
: one that booms
2
: one that joins a rush of settlers to a boom area
3
: a transient worker (such as a bridge builder)
4
: a person born during a baby boom : baby boomer
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An earlier analysis found that empty-nest boomers own 28% of the country’s large homes—homes that millennials kind of need.
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Byalena Botros, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2024
The clientele seemed to represent the neighborhood, dressed casually and ranging from Zoomers to boomers.
—Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
Most of the record 4.1 million boomers turning 65 each year from 2024-2027 don't have pensions, according to Jason Fichtner, chief economist of the Bipartisan Policy Center.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2024
While there are roughly 1.5 boomers for every one person who had been in the generation before, that ratio is more like 1.1 for millennials.
—Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2024
But more than 25% of Americans believe paying for long-term care will diminish their children's inheritance, a 2023 Nationwide Retirement Institute survey of 1,439 boomers, Gen Xers and millennials showed.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2024
Without a rebound in birthrates, the U.S. will have far fewer young people entering the workforce when millennials reach retirement age than boomers have had.
—Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Mar. 2024
Even so, the report finds that in reality, millennials actually have more frequent social connections than boomers.
—Chloe Berger, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2024
That’s 8% higher compared to a year ago, and a bigger jump than other generations—millennials saw a 2% increase, Gen X saw a 3% increase, and the number of boomers who are happy at their jobs dipped 2%.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2024
Byalena Botros, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2024
The clientele seemed to represent the neighborhood, dressed casually and ranging from Zoomers to boomers.
—Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
Most of the record 4.1 million boomers turning 65 each year from 2024-2027 don't have pensions, according to Jason Fichtner, chief economist of the Bipartisan Policy Center.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2024
While there are roughly 1.5 boomers for every one person who had been in the generation before, that ratio is more like 1.1 for millennials.
—Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2024
But more than 25% of Americans believe paying for long-term care will diminish their children's inheritance, a 2023 Nationwide Retirement Institute survey of 1,439 boomers, Gen Xers and millennials showed.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2024
Without a rebound in birthrates, the U.S. will have far fewer young people entering the workforce when millennials reach retirement age than boomers have had.
—Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Mar. 2024
Even so, the report finds that in reality, millennials actually have more frequent social connections than boomers.
—Chloe Berger, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2024
That’s 8% higher compared to a year ago, and a bigger jump than other generations—millennials saw a 2% increase, Gen X saw a 3% increase, and the number of boomers who are happy at their jobs dipped 2%.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2024
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