Tech Insider : Economy, Economy
baby boomer
  • 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.

Tech Insider : Economy
jerome powell
Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell testifies during a House Committee on Financial Services hearing, Wednesday, July 18, 2018, Capitol Hill in Washington.