 TITLE: What Generation’s Debt Changed the Most in the Last Year? CONTENT: Generation Z Adults Have 26% More Debt Since 2017\n-------------------------------------------------\nAdult members of Generation Z—Americans ages 18 to 22—increased their average total debt amount by 26% since last year, according to Experian data. These young adult consumers carried an average total debt balance of $10,891 in the fourth quarter of 2018, up $2,214 from $8,677 in the same period in 2017.\nMillennials—ages 23 to 38—also saw a spike in average debt levels, increasing their overall debt total by 11%. Millennials' average total debt balance was up $7,678 from $72,988 in the same period in 2017, totaling $80,666 in the fourth quarter of 2018.\nMembers of Generation X—ages 39 to 54—also saw an increase in debt, but not on the level that younger generations did. Since 2017, Generation X's average total debt balance increased only 1%, or just $1,311. END