‘I worked at 14, had an 8.8% mortgage rate and drove used cars’: Did boomers really have it easier than millennials?

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‘I worked at 14, had an 8.8% mortgage rate and drove used cars’: Did boomers really have it easier than millennials?

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Last Updated: Aug. 2, 2025 at 7:11 p.m. ET
First Published: Aug. 2, 2025 at 7:03 a.m. ET

OK, boomer, millennial and, while we’re at it, Generation X.

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