Taiwan's chip capital bucks the fertility slump — for those who can afford it

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Residential buildings in the Guanxin district of Hsinchu, Taiwan
In Taiwan's chip capital, the real boom is babies.

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Russian companies are turning to teenagers and retirees amid the country's wartime labor shortage

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Russia recruitment ad for soldiers at a bus stop
Russia is short 2 million workers, according to an estimate from one of the nation's largest auditing firms.

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The world faces a low-fertility future that will 'completely reconfigure' the global economy

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Pregnant woman uses baby tracker app on smartphone to monitor her baby's growth and development throughout the pregnancy journey - stock photo.
Pregnant woman uses baby tracker app on smartphone to monitor her baby's growth and development throughout the pregnancy journey - stock photo.

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China's crashing birthrate will leave millions of teachers jobless in the coming years

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Chinese students at school with a teacher
China could face a surplus of nearly 2 million teachers in the coming years.

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Japan's aging population offers a roadmap for the US economy's inflation battle

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An elderly clerk waits to serve customers in front of a shop in Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 18, 2023.
Eurizon strategists said Japan's aging population provides clues to the US inflation outlook.

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Meet the typical mover leaving Texas: Millennial renters making $50,000 a year who are moving to California and Florida

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Between 2021 and 2022, about 494,000 people moved out.

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Putin is urging women to have as many as 8 children after so many Russians died in his war with Ukraine

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President Vladimir Putin was on the screen during the 15th World Russian People's Congress at the State Kremlin Palace on November 28, 2023, in Moscow.

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China's economy is stumbling, but it still isn't as dire as Japan's 1990s collapse

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Pedestrians walk by China's national flag in Beijing.
Pedestrians in Beijing walk by the national flag of China.

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China's working population will shrink in the coming decades and keep the nation's economy from surpassing America's, research firm says

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A Chinese flag flying over Shanghai street
A Chinese flag flying over Shanghai.

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China has to stabilize its housing market and address risks to its economy if it wants to avoid 'Japanification', JPMorgan says

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Elderly Chinese people sitting at dining tables and eating plates of food.
Falling birth rates saw China's population drop by 850,000 people last year, according to official figures.

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