Baby boomers are approaching 'peak burden' on the economy

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  • The baby-boomer "time bomb" is finally upon us, economists say.
  • All boomers will be at least 65 soon, the generation's point of "peak burden" on the economy.
  • Future generations can take solace in the fact that no boomer-size generations are in the making.

A time bomb has been ticking in the US.

Beware: leaving a big city could be really bad for your career

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China faces a reckoning as disillusioned Gen Z and millennial workers refuse to save for retirement: report

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People walk along a business street in Beijing.

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The South is booming, beating out the West as the fastest-growing region in the country again last year

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Atlanta mansion with city skyline behind.

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The fastest-growing and fastest-shrinking cities in the US

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The metro area of Wildwood-The Villages in Florida saw the largest percent increase from July 1, 2022, to July 1, 2023, among metros.

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The fastest-growing and shrinking counties in the US

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Some of the large counties with the highest percent population increases between 2022 and 2023 were in Texas.

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China's birth rate has fallen so much that many hospitals are simply giving up on delivering babies

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A newborn baby, whose Chinese zodiac sign is dragon, is seen with the mother at a hospital in Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 10, 2024.
China's birth rate has continued to fall.

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Americans aren't having enough kids. That's bad news for the economy — and immigration may be the answer.

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Weak population growth could be bad news for the US economy.

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Putin is once again telling Russians to have more babies, and this time he's saying ethnic survival is at stake

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Russian President Vladimir Putin hugs a crying baby as he greets local residents on March 6, 2020 in Ivanovo, 230 km east of Moscow, Russia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin urges families to have more babies for ethnic survival.

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

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China could face a surplus of nearly 2 million teachers in the coming years.

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