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The implications of the pandemic decline in births

Birth rates have fallen in several advanced economies during the pandemic. Although we think that fertility rates will bounce back and there won’t be material long-term impacts, this presents a small downside risk to some of our long run forecasts for these advanced economies and may have implications for future policymaking.

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