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Americans, saddled by trillions in household debt, want to be free.
A quarter of all respondents listed paying down debt as their highest priority, and it was the largest resolution across every generation, though each generation’s debt looks a little different.
The Motley Fool found younger adults want to pay off student loans and their “Buy Now, Pay Later” balances. Older Americans are more likely to want to be free of their mortgages. But all generations are focused on their credit card balances, with 37% of debt-focused resolvers targeting it above everything else.