Cash holdings at different ages by generation

Share of financial assets held as cash

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Note: This chart shows the age of a millennial born on 6/30/1988 and a Gen Xer born on 6/30/1972, right in the middle of each generation

Chart: Andy Kiersz/Business Insider Source: Callie Cox Media LLC, Federal Reserve