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  • The baby-boomer "time bomb" is finally upon us, economists say.
  • All boomers will be at least 65 soon, the generation's point of "peak burden" on the economy.
  • Future generations can take solace in the fact that no boomer-size generations are in the making.

A time bomb has been ticking in the US.

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TOKYO, JAPAN - JANUARY 15, 2014: Shoppers walk past the entrance to a Citibank branch facility in Tokyo's trendy Shibuya district. (Photo by Robert Alexander/Getty Images)
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Warren Buffett and Elon Musk
Warren Buffett (left) and Elon Musk (right)
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Photo illustration of the Wall Street Bull with a suitcase, plane, laptop and palm trees.
Wall Street's fantasies of decamping to the Hamptons for the summer have been shattered by higher inflation and stock market volatility.
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Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell testifies before the House Financial Services Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill February 27, 2018 in Washington, DC.