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Report: Millenials Costing U.S. Economy Billions

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A new poll finds millennials are costing the U.S. economy more than $376 billion a year.

Data from the Gallup poll showed that between 2008 and 2015, the economy lost about $949 million dollars per day each year because of a decline in spending by 18-to-34-year-olds.

According to the poll, the Great Recession is to blame.

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