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Opinion: America’s population growth is slowing and that spells bad news for these ‘recession-proof’ investments
Some real-estate and municipal bond markets may be under threat by changing demographics
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Two seemingly unrelated demographic trends are sending powerful warning signals to capital markets: emptying high-school classrooms and millions of unused bedrooms.
These parallel developments challenge long-held assumptions about “recession-proof” asset classes and signal a fundamental reshaping of investment landscapes driven by the disruptive ripple effects of the longevity economy — aging demographics and declining birthrates.
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