demographics
Raging Bull Markets: How Young Men’s Hormones Unsettle Finance
©2015 Bloomberg News NQV1EA6TTDT3 (Bloomberg) — Want to calm financial markets? Add more women and older people to the young men on trading desks. That’s one recommendation from research into the role of hormones in provoking risky behavior in financial decisions. Cortisol and testosterone, more prevalent in young men, lead
Female Breadwinners Dwindle Back to Near 21-Year U.S. Average
©2015 Bloomberg News NNU0NT6S972M (Bloomberg Business) — For all the talk of shifting gender dynamics within the American nuclear family, surprisingly little has changed when it comes to who brings home the bacon. For one: The share of married heterosexual couples with children under 18 in which the mother is the sole
Bloomberg Business: Aging Australia Faces Growth Slowdown, Government Report Finds
Copyright 2015 Bloomberg. NKPSU26KLVRO (Bloomberg) — Australia faces slowing growth, declining living standards and dwindling productivity without changes to ensure higher workforce participation, according to a report released by the government today. Gross domestic product is forecast to grow at an average 2.8 percent a year in the four decades to
Bloomberg Business: Suburbs Are Out, Downtown Is In: U.S. Cities
Copyright 2015 Bloomberg. NKABXU6S972Y (Bloomberg Business) — Downtown is coming back. Just look at Charlotte, Oklahoma City and Milwaukee — classic examples of U.S. cities where the well-to-do chose to live in the suburbs. Now they are among the most vibrant U.S. city centers, thanks to a surge in job opportunities in
