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18.05.2026

Financial turmoil drove fertility declines in several regions, Greg Ip argues — Financial crisis drove 2008 U.S. fertility drop

Greg Ip suggests that the financial crisis was a more likely cause of the downward shift in U.S. fertility rates in 2008 than technological factors such as the iPhone.

He notes that the Euro crisis contributed to declining fertility in European countries during the same period, while China, largely unaffected by these crises, did not experience similar drops. Ip references the broader analysis of another commentator as context.

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Ip has previously highlighted rising fiscal pressures, noting that U.S. national debt surpassed 100 percent of GDP for the first time. In another report, he observed that April saw 115,000 new payroll jobs in the U.S., but unemployment rose to 4.34%. The data adds further economic context to the ongoing discussion of demographic trends.

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