US population growth is the lowest its been since 1918. Here's why that's terrible news for the economy.
. It said the demographic losses would "reverberate" through housing markets and municipal finances, prompting a drop in home values and local tax revenue that helps pay for education and infrastructure.
That trend threatens to throw rural areas into a cycle of decline — and make it harder for young people to stick around instead of heading elsewhere for schooling or work, further undercutting the economic futures of those communities.
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