Demographics have a large and reasonably predictable effect on the economy and in particular inflation and interest rates. ... but cycles, primarily as a result of population changes, ...

South Dakota still has more than half its population living in rural areas. However, the U.S. Census Bureau has noticed a migration cycle of South Dakotans over the years.

See how trends in demographics like people's movements, ages, deaths, and buying patterns affect business cycles and investment portfolios worldwide.

The population of China will age dramatically over the next few decades, largely due to the one child policy in existence from 1979 to 2015. As it ages, the percentage of workers will decline ...

At the national level, slower growth in America’s working-age population is a major reason that mainstream forecasters now expect the economy to expand around 2 percent each year rather than the ...

The endpoint for that demographic cycle is the moment when birth rates begin to approach or dip below the replacement level (an average of 2.1 children per woman) and when people begin to live longer.

Those poorer regions have entered into a demographic doom loop: a self-reinforcing cycle of shrinking and aging populations, crumbling government services and sluggish economic growth, which has ...