Friday, June 17, 2011

The US Economy: Bullishness Based on Babies

The US Economy--Bullishness Based on Babies | ALL.org: “You could say we’re the best house in a bad neighborhood,” says a man who has spent 28 years managing money. “We have fewer problems and more solutions than Europe or Japan. And what are those solutions? Well one of them is demography.

"Over the next 20 years, the U.S. work force is going to grow by 11%, Europe’s going to fall by five, and Japan’s going to fall by 17. This alone tells me the U.S. has a huge advantage over Europe and a bigger one over Japan for growth,” he says. “And the reason for this is pretty simple. We have higher immigration than both of these, and we make more babies. We have a higher fertility rate. And they are the long-term determinants of population growth and therefore work force growth.”

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