Don't think these five-year drops of 6 percent or 3 percent are small. They are highly leveraged over the decades. The spread will be even broader if fertility rates continue to tumble. New Census Bureau projections will be out next year. Expect important changes.
Trends work like billiard balls caroming into each other.
If you're a businessman, the ongoing Birth Dearth means that, over the years, you will likely have fewer additional customers than you thought you'd have. America, however, will continue to grow moderately because we take in moderate numbers of immigrants. If you're a cop waiting for an increase of teenaged super-predators, it may indeed come as the Blipsters reach their teenage years, but should fade away as new sparser cohorts come of age. School officials should know that the current Blipster influx into schools, causing some crowding, will not likely continue. And if you're in politics, duck.