Yet low nominal gross domestic product growth and
aging populations argue for lower bond yields than in the past — and sustained demand for high quality bonds.
Not exact matches
In his new bestseller, The Next Decade, Friedman
argues that capital shortages, the impending down cycle in U.S. military spending and an
aging population that drains public coffers mean the arrival of the next wave of «truly transformative» technologies will be delayed.
The 2011 Shadow Budget, they
argue, would protect Canadians from possible debt - market disruptions arising from sovereign - debt concerns and would put federal debt on a downward track before the pressure of
population ageing on government finances intensifies.
In his book, «God is Alive and Well: The Future of Religion in America,» Newport
argues that a number of factors, including baby boomers reaching senior
ages, migration to more religious states, recognition of health and well being of religion and an increase in a Hispanic
population, are all reasons that «we are going to continue to have a quite religious nation going forward.»
«We have consistently
argued that the NHS needs more funding simply to keep up with the growing and
ageing population,» said chief executive Nigel Edwards.
But the IPPR
argues achieving full employment - which it defines as five per cent unemployment and an 80 % employment rate for the non-student working
age population - could make a big difference to the UK.
He
argues that a unified United Kingdom can deliver: «More and better jobs, a National Health Service that can change and develop the needs for our futures and for our future
population, pensions that can deliver dignity and decency as our
population ages, a strong Scottish Parliament».
It
argues that these have been understated; in some cases persistent substantial
population growth, in others rapid fertility decline leading to severe levels of
population aging.
A new paper by Oxford researchers
argues that some countries in Western Europe, and the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand now have birth rates that are now relatively close to replacement, that the underlying trend in Europe is upwards, and that
population aging, although inevitable, is likely to be «manageable».
Many countries have found these prospects to be very challenging, and many have
argued that the rates of
population aging and
population decline that is projected for many European and other very low fertility countries is not sustainable: it implies rather insurmountable problems for social security and other transfer systems, and it may lead to declines in well - being as a result of lower productivity and incomes.
Many
argue that occupancy trends will eventually reverse as the demand for long - term care increases exponentially in the next decade as the
population ages.