[9급 지방직 영어 2020년 19번]

But there is also clear evidence that millennials, born between 1981 and 1996, are saving more aggressively for retirement than Generation X did at the same ages, 22 ～ 37.

Millennials are often labeled the poorest, most financially burdened generation in modern times. Many of them graduated from college into one of the worst labor markets the United States has ever seen, with a staggering load of student debt to boot. ① Not surprisingly, millennials have accumulated less wealth than Generation X did at a similar stage in life, primarily because fewer of them own homes. ② But newly available data providing the most detailed picture to date about what Americans of different generations save complicates that assessment. ③ Yes, Gen Xers, those born between 1965 and 1980, have a higher net worth. ④ And that might put them in better financial shape than many assume.