Intentions Rise, Expectations Fall: The Number of Americans Planning to Leave an Inheritance Goes Up as the Number Expecting to Receive One Goes Down Finds Northwestern Mutual's 2025 Planning & Progress Study

As $90 trillion Great Wealth Transfer approaches, nearly one-third of U.S. adults plan to leave a financial gift (up from one-fourth last year), while only one-fifth expect to receive one (down from 25% in 2024) More than half of Americans expecting to receive an inheritance consider it...