A growing population also brings practical advantages.The growing demands of an increasing number of workers and consumers is itself a form of economic stimulus.But these demands are not in general inflationary, because they are offset by more work and higher output.(File pic shows revelers at New York's Times Square.)
IT is one of the most worrisome economic statistics of a year that was full of them: In 2021, according to the Census Bureau, the United States population grew at the slowest rate in recorded history.
This poor performance was due to slowing immigration, low birth rates, and of course a high number of deaths from Covid.
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