Impact of Demographic Changes on Inflation and the Macroeconomy

Economists Jong-Won Yoon, Jinill Kim and Jungjin Lee offer an advanced analysis of global demographic shifts and their economic effects. Declining birth rates and longer-lived populations, particularly in developed countries, will have serious macroeconomic implications. People’s transitions from young borrowers to middle-aged savers to elderly spenders influence factors such as growth in per capita GDP, a country’s ability to balance its budget and inflationary pressures. getAbstract recommends this scholarly research to policy makers, who seldom consider demographic changes when deliberating on economic strategy, inflation and interest rates. Perhaps they should.