Shrinking US birth rate could cost economy $100 billion

According to recent projections, U.S. population growth will slow to zero by 2056.

‘Fertility president’ Trump has demanded a baby boom, and Stanford researchers have a solution: Let more people work from home

“It seems like just such an obvious thing to do,” remote work expert Nick Bloom said. “As an economist, I don’t think I’ve ever seen the more obvious win, win, win policy.” ...
RealClearScience

Falling U.S. Birth Rates Won't Lead to Population Collapse

Pronatalism – the belief that low birth rates are a problem that must be reversed – is having a moment in the U.S. Demographers generally gauge births in a population with a measure called the total ...
WESH

The US fertility rate reached a new low in 2024, CDC data shows

The fertility rate in the U.S. dropped to an all-time low in 2024 with less than 1.6 kids per woman, new federal data released Thursday shows.Related video above: More moms choosing to have kids after ...
Taiwan News

First "Global Fertility Crisis Forum" Brings Together Experts to Tackle Low Birth Rate Challenges

The inaugural 2026 Global Fertility Crisis Forum was held last Thursday in Hong Kong. The event brought together 44 guests from more than ten countries and regions, including representatives from the ...
Fast Company

3 things the pronatalist movement gets wrong about birth rates

Pronatalism—the belief that low birth rates are a problem that must be reversed—is having a moment in the U.S. Demographers generally gauge births in a population with a measure called the total ...