Wealth gap widens among the young and the old

July 30, 2015

Older Americans have always held more wealth than their younger counterparts. The disparity, however, has increased significantly over the past 25 years, according to economists at the St. Louis Federal Reserve’s Center for Household Financial Stability.

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