China’s birth rate has fallen to a record low. China News Service/Getty Images  China’s birth rate has fallen to a record low. China News Service/Getty Images

China’s birth rate has hit a record low. That could shake the world economy.

 

  • A demographic crisis is rumbling in the world’s second-biggest economy, with China’s birth rate at a record low.
  • It stands to destabilize a key engine of the world economy, and could shake China’s closest economic partners.
  • It could also push up global inflation as the well of cheap goods and low-wage workers dries up.

It’s been a rocky year for the Chinese economy, what with the Evergrande crisis and COVID cases shutting down ports.

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By Harry Robertson
(Source: businessinsider.com.au; December 4, 2021; https://tinyurl.com/yxkow2ko)
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