Topic
The combined assets, debts and net worth of a country's households, tracked in national accounts and surveys to gauge consumer spending power and fragility.
Median net worth rose 38% for US households 75 and older and fell 23% for those under 35 from 2022 to 2025, after inflation, the Fed's survey shows. Households of similar wealth moved in opposite directions by age.
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Families headed by someone 75 or older are now America's wealthiest age group, the Federal Reserve's 2025 Survey of Consumer Finances found. That cohort is also the smallest by household count, CBS News reported, so the most wealth per household sits where there are the fewest customers.
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Economists at BCG put the oldest Gen Z workers at a median $42,000 in constant dollars, 25% above Millennials at the same age, and date the year the young became gloomier than the old to around 2025.
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American millionaires now number in the tens of millions. The dollar figure that defines one has been eroding for three decades. Segmenting clients on a $1 million line sorts on a stale number.
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Federal Reserve data put the second-quarter share at 48.23% of household financial assets. The wealthiest tenth of households owns about 87% of the equity wealth behind that record, and Goldman Sachs says the shift leaves consumer spending exposed to market swings.
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