demographics

Japan’s population falls by half million as birth rate stays low
Lifestyle

Japan’s population falls by half million as birth rate stays low

By Erica Yokoyama and Bloomberg
April 15, 2025
Top economies face ‘population collapse’ as fertility rates drop, and something’s got to give, study says
Finance

Top economies face ‘population collapse’ as fertility rates drop, and something’s got to give, study says

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January 19, 2025
These 2 major demographic shifts will reshape the global workforce over the next 5 years
Leadership

These 2 major demographic shifts will reshape the global workforce over the next 5 years

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January 13, 2025
Introducing Gen Beta, the children born starting in 2025
Lifestyle

Introducing Gen Beta, the children born starting in 2025

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January 2, 2025
Children attend a school ceremony in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Lifestyle

Russia is speeding into a demographic crisis with a 25-year-low birth rate as the Ukraine war rages on

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December 6, 2024
H.E. Fahd bin Abdulmohsan Al-Rasheed
Conferences

A Saudi government official had only 3 career options when he graduated but says his 16-year-old daughter has many more

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November 12, 2024
A man shelters from the rain under an umbrella as he walks past the Euro currency sign in front of the former European Central Bank (ECB) building in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on July 27, 2023 ahead of thr ECB's monthly announcement on eurozone monetary policy.
Finance

Europe’s population crisis could shave 4% off its GDP by 2040, Morgan Stanley warns, and the options to solve it aren’t good

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October 14, 2024
A girl plays in a fountain at Syntagma square
Politics

Greece spends €1 billion a year on pro-child policies as dwindling birth rates create new headaches for the country

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September 16, 2024
Chinese grumble about Beijing’s decision to hike the retirement age: ‘I’ll just have to bear the three extra years of work’
Leadership

Chinese grumble about Beijing’s decision to hike the retirement age: ‘I’ll just have to bear the three extra years of work’

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September 13, 2024
China’s top lawmakers set to raise retirement age to handle shrinking workforce born of collapsing birthrate
Finance

China’s top lawmakers set to raise retirement age to handle shrinking workforce born of collapsing birthrate

By Foster Wong, Josh Xiao and Bloomberg
September 11, 2024
student stands in front of school
Success

More colleges are eliminating degree programs—and the cuts are just getting started

By Heather Hollingsworth and The Associated Press
August 11, 2024
Elderly Chinese people sit together at a park
Finance

U.S. economic growth will eclipse China’s by 2031, and the transformation Beijing needs for a revival may take ‘several decades, if not longer,’ top demographer says

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May 27, 2024
a sign in a cemetery points to a crematorium
Finance

Private-equity-backed firm buys up crematoriums and funeral homes to cash in on Europe’s aging population. ‘It’s an infrastructure play’

By Verena Sepp, Eyk Henning and Bloomberg
May 18, 2024
San Francisco
Politics

California’s population just increased for the first time since the pandemic

By Maxwell Adler and Bloomberg
April 30, 2024
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink.
Finance

Larry Fink says Gen Z, millennials distrust boomers on the economy—they’re totally right on one key issue

By
March 26, 2024

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