US fertility rate dropped to lowest in a century as births dipped in 2023
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US fertility rate dropped to lowest in a century as births dipped in 2023
By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — The fertility rate in the United States has been trending down for decades, and a new report shows that another drop in births in 2023 brought the rate down to the lowest it’s been in more than century. There were about 3.6 million babies born in 2023, or 54.4
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US fertility rate dropped to lowest in a century as births dipped in 2023
By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — The fertility rate in the United States has been trending down for decades, and a new report shows that another drop in births in 2023 brought the rate down to the lowest it’s been in more than century. There were about 3.6 million babies born in 2023, or 54.4
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US single-family housing starts plunge; building permits drop
The report from the Commerce Department on Tuesday also showed permits for future construction of single-family houses fell to a five-month low. Single-family housing starts, which account for the bulk of homebuilding, dropped 12.4% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.022 million units last month, the Commerce Department's Census Bureau said. Data for February was revised higher to show single-family starts rebounding to a rate of 1.167 million units instead of the previously reported...