A quarter of U.S. adults expect to die in debt

Millenial Debt.
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About 25 percent of adults with debt in the U.S. anticipate taking that debt with them to the grave, according to a CreditCards.com survey reported by Axios on Wednesday.

More than 65 percent of adult respondents in debt said they were unsure if or when they would ever get out of debt, a slight decrease from last year's 68 percent, the study found.

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Marianne Dodson

Marianne is The Week’s Social Media Editor. She is a native Tennessean and recent graduate of Ohio University, where she studied journalism and political science. Marianne has previously written for The Daily Beast, The Crime Report, and The Moroccan Times.