Is Inflation Driving Fertility’s Decline?
January 30, 2026
It has been well-documented that fertility is declining sharply in the United States and in most parts of the world.
In fact, the Congressional Budget Office recently reported that the U.S. fertility rate has declined so quickly, they advanced their projection of when deaths would outpace births in America by ten years over their 2024 projection. That year they projected this ominous milestone would happen in 2040. They now say births will drop lower than deaths in 2030. It will likely happen sooner as our current fertility trendline is dramatic.
