Why millennials should use holiday expenses to build credit card knowhow
Shoppers under 30 need to build credit and holiday shopping season is a chance to litmus-test thoughtful spending and paying back debt wisely – and on timeIt’s that time of year again. The time when we...
View ArticleAmerican millennials: tell us how you spend your money
As part of an upcoming Guardian project, we want to know how Americans aged 18-35 from all walks of life allocate their incomeHow do you spend your money? As a part of an upcoming project at the...
View ArticleSanders' sway over millennials is more of a 'dangerous moment' for Clinton
Goldman Sachs’ CEO Lloyd Blankfein inadvertently pushed young people closer to Democratic underdog who speaks their language of ‘economic angst’Congratulations, Lloyd Blankfein, on giving the...
View ArticleRevealed: the 30-year economic betrayal dragging down Generation Y’s income
Exclusive new data shows how debt, unemployment and property prices have combined to stop millennials taking their share of western wealthWho’s winning? Find out how your income compares with every...
View ArticleWho's winning? Find out how your income compares with every other generation
Tell us how old you are and we’ll show you how rich or poor you are compared with other age groups around the developed worldContinue reading...
View ArticleYoung single people bear the brunt of Generation Y's economic woes
Young, free, single - and skint. Singletons aged 25 to 29 have become poorer over the last 20 years compared with the average populationWho’s winning? Find out how your income compares with every other...
View ArticlePets, debts and e-cigarettes: how millennials spend their pay cheques
Life is far from hedonistic for most as tight budgets collapse with one cough of a car engine and dreams of property are weighed against the price of a takeoutThe millennial lifestyle – cord-cutting,...
View ArticleHow did you survive your 20s? Share your story
The highs, the lows and the in-betweens of those tumultuous years: we want to know how you got through it all. Tell us by filling in the form belowForget your teenage years being tough – the real...
View ArticleThe US cities luring millennials with promises to pay off their student debts
Scheme offers young people money towards house deposits or repaying loans in return for moving to places such as Detroit or KansasSara Brassfield is more than $125,000 in debt for a college degree she...
View ArticleMillennials, technology will not save your generation
The second dotcom boom may seem like a way for money to flow from older, richer people to talented young entrepreneurs. But it hasn’t worked out that wayPicture a startup founder.Chances are you went...
View ArticleJust saying no: US interns challenge employers over exploitation
About half of the US’s 1.5m internships each year offer experience and connections but no pay, shutting out many potential workersFour years after moving to New York City, Carolyn Osorio had finally...
View ArticleGeorge Osborne's budgets taking heavy toll on millennials
From soaring student debt to housing woes, the chancellor has dealt series of blows to Generation Y in recent yearsMore than five years of George Osborne’s budgets have left young Britons with mounting...
View ArticleYoung people are right to be angry about their financial insecurity
Social injustice on an unprecedented scale, massive inequities and loss of trust in elites define our political moment – and rightly soSomething interesting has emerged in voting patterns on both sides...
View ArticleGet a Job review – a mildly amusing, mediocre romp about broke millennials
A talented cast and star-studded cameos can’t save this by-the-numbers film – bedeviled by canned music and sitcom sequences – about millennial job woesOne can’t ignore the irony around Get A Job’s...
View ArticleApps are getting millennials interested in money – but can they be trusted?
Young people are using fintech for financial help, but shunning big banks and embracing new businesses doesn’t mean you’re removing risk from the equationIt’s official: the vast majority of millennials...
View Article'Be picky and have high standards': new dating apps cater to the elite and...
A new crop of exclusive matchmaking sites are screening potential users based on their education and professional history, net wealth and even tax recordsIt used to be that if you wanted to meet...
View ArticleCollege-educated women earn $8,000 less a year than men as gap widens
The gender wage gap among 2016 graduates has increased, as men make about $4 more an hour than women, according to Economic Policy Institute studyThe gender wage gap is not shrinking – it’s growing....
View ArticleTired, poor, huddled millennials of New York earn 20% less than prior generation
Entering the workforce in the greatest economic downturn in living memory, millennials earn much less than Generation X and might never close the gapScoff all you like at hoverboard hipsters and...
View ArticleYoung Australians face revolutionary obstacles to score job security
Experts say more than half of young Australians are studying for occupations that are likely to be wiped out in a global, automated workplaceBianca Tuck has worked for only three months in her entire...
View ArticleInflation rate three times higher for millennials than for pensioners
Rate was 0.9% for under-30s in March but was just 0.3% for over-65s, says a report into financial pressures on young adultsYoung adults in the UK are facing inflation rates three times higher than...
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