November 10, 2026
As it often has with issues involving women in the economy, the Atlanta Fed published research in 2026 that spoke directly to a cultural touchpoint—the declining birth rate in the United States.
The working paper, titled “What’s Behind Declining Birth Rates in the US?”, proposes that the declining birth rate stems from increasing medical difficulty conceiving and bearing children, likely related in part to environmental factors, as well as the shifting…
