Entries from Chemicals & The Economy tagged with 'demographic cliff'

The blog on MoneyWeek TV

The importance of demographics in driving demand is clearly becoming more widely understood. This week, the blog was interviewed by the editors of MoneyWeek (the UK's leading investment magazine) in the implications of today's ageing western population for investors. The...

Sustaining growth as the West reaches the 'demographic cliff'

2013 is the year that the Western world reaches the 'demographic cliff'. Its BabyBoomers (born between 1946-70) are the largest and wealthiest generation that the world has ever known. Now they are ageing rapidly. They have less money to spend...