1
: one that booms
2
: one that joins a rush of settlers to a boom area
3
: a transient worker (such as a bridge builder)
4
: a person born during a baby boom : baby boomer
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Unlike for Gen X-ers and boomers, the overall loan delinquency rate among millennials — who make up about one-fourth of California’s population — has now climbed above pre-pandemic levels.
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Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
Some of the growth in spending can also be attributed to the 8.7% cost-of-living increase in boomers’ Social Security checks, the largest bump in 40 years.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 23 May 2024
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Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
Some of the growth in spending can also be attributed to the 8.7% cost-of-living increase in boomers’ Social Security checks, the largest bump in 40 years.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 23 May 2024
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“Boomer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boomer. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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