Gen X feels worse about the economy than Gen Z and millennials—and more than 70% fear running out of money more than death

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Generation X spent three decades being defined by its own indifference—the “slacker generation,” too disengaged to bother with the culture wars being fought around it. Baby boomers, meanwhile, are the generation that actually got the deal the American Dream promised: cheap houses, pensions, a stock market that mostly went up. Neither group was supposed to be the one lying awake over money. And yet, Gen X continues to lag in consumer confident compared to younger generations, notching a six-month average of about 60 points on the Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index—flatlining around its worst reading in at five years. Baby boomers are feeling even worse, with scores below 50, also their lowest in years. Both have been sliding steadily since early 2025. Meanwhile, Gen Z and millennials—the generations popularly cast as burned out, doomer-pilled, and priced out of adulthood—have held their confidence roughly steady at around 100 to 90 points, respectively. Why is the sandwich…

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