Expansionary Monetary Policy And Children: The 2008 Financial Crisis

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Any government policy that would cost economic growth would cause more children to be born. For example, expansionary monetary policy. It seek to increase the size of the money supply. The money supply is aimed at lowering the interest rates to achieve economic growth by increasing economic activity. More parents are willing to bear children in an economy that they believe is growing. In an article called, Global birth rates down due to financial crisis, discuss when parents choose to bear children. “Studies have shown that births drop when unemployment rise. The 2008 financial crisis wipe out billions of jobs and sent birth rates tumbling”. Before making a decision to bear children parents weight the perceived benefits and cost. In 2008 the