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GENZ’ERS, MILLENNIAL­S, BOOMERS

- —J.G.V.

Generation Z (Gen Z, iGen, or centennial­s), also known colloquial­ly as ‘zoomers’, refers to the generation that was born between 1997 and 2012 and are within ages 18-25. They follow millennial­s who are currently 26-41 years old, born between born between 1981 and 1996.

Baby boomers, often shortened to boomers, are the demographi­c cohort preceding Generation X. The generation is often defined as people born from 1946 to 1964.

Both Ahmed and Singh agreed that financial matters stressed them out comparativ­ely more than their parents or those older, while adding that it turns out that it often was crisis-like events which turn out to be a wakeup call for them and their friends who may have been taking financial health for granted. .

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