Experts and demographic strategists say low fertility rates in the United States will have big consequences for the economy in the years to come.
Falling fertility rates in the United States will trigger a 'calamitous effect' on the economy if it hasn’t already, experts told Fox News Digital. According to CDC data, between 2007 and 2022, the U.S. birth rate fell by 22%. Not a single state reported an increase in birth rates, although some experienced a slower decline than others. 'The U.S.
You buy a house later, you get married later, you have a certain amount of savings later. All these things come later and the problems, they come later, but the ability to have a child is a kind of biological constraint. So by the time people feel ready to handle having children it’s sometimes too late.' In 2022, Tesla CEO Elon Musk similarly warned in 2022 that 'a collapsing birth rate is the biggest danger civilization faces by far.
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