MNB to hold policy meeting this week
December natural decrease up 162% yr/yr
Demographic impact of pandemic is evident
Live births up 6% in September
Willingness to have children improves
We will find out this week
Base is pretty low, though
Natural decrease drops sharply
Says growth has been unbroken since 2012, while numbers tell a different story
Number of marriages rises too
Willingness to have children stagnates
Marriages up, births down
Willingness to have children does not increase, but there's a silver lining
Number of live births 6.3% lower than a year earlier
This is no turnaround yet, though.
Number of live births continues to drop.
No turnaround in willingness to have children.
2019 starts with dreadful figures.
Population of two cities - gone.
Incentives fall flat.