U.S. demographics and the impact on the economy One factor that has always played out in Americas favor in the last 100 years is demographics. The baby-boom generation, immigration, inflows of skilled labor from around the world, productivity and its entrepreneurial promise has catapulted it into a super-power. But this demographic picture may be shifting now. This article courtesy Sami Karam highlights the main demographic problems - the key points are captured below. 1) US population until 2007 was growing at over 1%, but now that has slipped to less than 1%. In the future, baby-boomer deaths will be a greater number relative to new births. 2) The Fertility rate in the US has fallen from 2.1 in 2007 to 1.9(Graphic from The Economist) Continue reading optiontiger/u-s-demographics-and-its-impact-on-the-economy/
Posted on: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 15:56:36 +0000
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