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, ...

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

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources' latest ruffed grouse counts found Minnesota's spring 2025 population is lower statewide than last year. Ruffed grouse drums per stop were 1.8 statewide, ...

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 ...

Population aging is a natural possible explanation for the declining trend in real interest rates because of its effects on household saving and consumption over peoples’ life cycles. In this Economic ...

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 ...

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 ...