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Economic Insecurity and the Decline of Babies

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But they may go even lower in 2013. Centers for Disease Control indicate 2013's fertility may decline slightly compared to  2012. And they are expensive to raise. .  This maintains the number of U.S. births per 1000 women aged 15-44 at 63, its lowest level since records have been kept.

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How to Survive a Recession, According to a 91-Year-Old Business

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Speculation of another impending recession battered the confidence of small-business owners, as indicated by monthly surveys conducted by the National Federation of Independent Business. But other crises—the ones no economists can predict—have really tested Wall Drug at times.