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It has been suggested for a while now and here is yet another study supporting it: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-11-29/the-real-story-on-the-falling-u-dot-s-dot-birth-rate Another reason to ramp up immigration, especially for skilled workers in my opinion.

Another good month as far as the BLS unemployment figure goes. The jobless rate dropped to 8.3% for January with an increase of 243,000 in NFP. The number generally beat expectations. source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/03/us-usa-economy-idUSTRE7BM0AB20120203

The Fed pushed back its expected date of increasing near-zero rates to late 2014 as they expressed caution about the recent signs of potential recovery. Bernanke also said that they will be considering further bond purchases (quantitative easing) as core inflation remains below 2 percent...

Interesting piece on US birth rates hitting lows looking at various potential causes including the economic slowdown. What do you think the cause might be? http://healthland.time.com/2011/11/18/u-s-birth-rates-hit-record-lows-is-it-the-economy/

The Bank of New York announced earlier this month that it would charge fees for large deposits, effectively creating a negative interest rate where the depositor pays money to keep money in the bank. This week, Switzerland and Singapore have seen certain market rates fall negative as well as...

What are your opinions on abortion and crime rate, especially if you are pro-life? This was a controversial topic discussed in the book Freakonomics and elsewhere as it suggests that legal abortion led to drastically reduced crime rates since many "unwanted" children were never born and didn't...

I found an interesting article on the ramifications for world growth as a result of the rising interest rates of US Debt. Do you think this is exaggerated, or is MYP's predictions regarding the negative effects of the 1.2-trillion bail-out package now coming true...