Advertisement
Canada markets open in 34 minutes
  • S&P/TSX

    22,011.72
    +139.76 (+0.64%)
     
  • S&P 500

    5,070.55
    +59.95 (+1.20%)
     
  • DOW

    38,503.69
    +263.71 (+0.69%)
     
  • CAD/USD

    0.7292
    -0.0028 (-0.38%)
     
  • CRUDE OIL

    83.07
    -0.29 (-0.35%)
     
  • Bitcoin CAD

    91,082.64
    +584.45 (+0.65%)
     
  • CMC Crypto 200

    1,438.13
    +14.03 (+0.99%)
     
  • GOLD FUTURES

    2,332.90
    -9.20 (-0.39%)
     
  • RUSSELL 2000

    2,002.64
    +35.17 (+1.79%)
     
  • 10-Yr Bond

    4.6310
    +0.0330 (+0.72%)
     
  • NASDAQ futures

    17,720.25
    +113.50 (+0.64%)
     
  • VOLATILITY

    15.75
    +0.06 (+0.38%)
     
  • FTSE

    8,083.26
    +38.45 (+0.48%)
     
  • NIKKEI 225

    38,460.08
    +907.92 (+2.42%)
     
  • CAD/EUR

    0.6823
    -0.0013 (-0.19%)
     

China’s two-child policy has already stopped working

China’s two-child policy has already stopped working

That was quick. When China officially ended its one-child policy in 2015, couples promptly heeded the call and had a lot more babies. Under its new two-child policy, China recorded 18.46 million births in 2016—the highest since 2000—with almost half of those babies having at least one older sibling. But in 2017, the number of…