Sarah Fortinsky of The Hill reports that a new NBC News poll shows younger Americans are more likely to say their finances have improved over the past year. About 27% of adults aged 18–29 report doing better financially, compared to just 18% of those 65 and older. Fortinsky writes:
Younger Americans are more likely than older Americans to say they’re doing better financially than they were a year ago, according to the latest “NBC News Stay Tuned” poll.
In the mid-April survey, released Thursday, 27 percent of respondents aged 18-29 say their personal finance situation is “better today” than it was one year ago. […]
The survey was conducted on April 11-20, 2025, and included 19,682 adults. The margin of error is 2.2 percentage points.
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