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Millennials are Minnesota’s largest generation by population and are the largest portion of the workforce. That’s according to the most recent state data from 2023 obtained by MPR News.

The generation ranges from age 29 at the youngest and in their early 40s at the oldest. They are an important part of our economy. But they’ve faced a lot of economic headwinds. The 2008 Great Recession and COVID-19. And now there is more economic uncertainty ahead.

Janna Johnson is an associate professor at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. She joined Minnesota Now to break down the importance of the millennial generation and what the possibility of another economic crisis could mean.

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Minnetonka police said a person was taken into custody and there’s no ongoing threat to the public following a large police response to the UnitedHealthcare corporate campus on Monday.

A city spokesperson told KARE 11 that the police response may have stemmed from reports of a possible intruder on the campus, located just west of U.S. Highway 169 and north of State Highway 62.

Just before 11:30 a.m., Minnetonka police posted on social media that there was a large police presence on the UnitedHealthcare campus.

Then, in an update just after noon, the police department posted that “a suspect outside of United Healthcare has been placed into custody without incident. There is no threat to the public. We are continuing to clear the scene at this time.”

Further information on what happened was not immediately available.

Security at UnitedHealthcare has been heightened since its CEO, Brian Thompson, was fatally shot by a gunman in New York last December.

There’s been a lot of talk over the past few weeks about the economy and a word that keeps coming up is … uncertainty.  

President Trump’s changing tariff policies have made it difficult for businesses and consumers to plan. Stock markets here and abroad have plunged and then recovered some ground and then dropped again.

Many of us have questions about what’s happening and how the uncertainty could affect prices, our jobs and savings.   

Coming up at 9 a.m. on Monday, MPR News host Angela Davis talks about the economy with Neel Kashkari, the president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.

Later in the hour, she’ll talk with a financial advisor about how to manage your money during stock market swings and an unsettled job market.

And we want to hear from you, too.

What questions do you have about tariffs, interest rates, the job market or the economy? What do you want to know about how to manage your money during economic uncertainty?

Call us during the 9 a.m. hour at 651-227-6000 or 800-242-2828.

Guests:

• Chris Farrell is senior economics contributor for MPR News and Marketplace. 

• Neel Kashkari is the president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. He serves as a voting member of the Federal Open Market Committee which sets the nation’s monetary policy.

• Ross Levin is the founder of Accredited Investors Wealth Management in Edina. And he is a regular columnist for the Minnesota Star Tribune. 

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