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Young adults' net worth plunges while boomers cash bigger checks

The Daily Caller says median net worth for people under thirty-five fell twenty-three percent, while the Financial Times reports Celanese is raising prices on LCP plastics.

On air: Brock Thunderson and Dale Bearman on The Five O'Clock
Published 4:42 PM ET, Friday, October 16, 2026

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First reported by The Daily Caller: “Boomers Get A Bigger Check While The Rest Of Us Pay The Price”.
Covered on BBN on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 4:42 PM ET on The Five O'Clock, by Brock Thunderson and Dale Bearman.
Topics: US.

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The Daily CallerBoomers Get A Bigger Check While The Rest Of Us Pay The Price

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Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistThe Daily Caller reports that folks under thirty-five have seen their median net worth drop by twenty-three percent.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorTwenty-three percent. That's roughly the car you were saving for, gone before you finished the payment plan.
Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistAnd the same story says boomers are getting a bigger check, so the young pay the price, and the old collect it.

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