rich 1.0 Baby boom? Try baby bust. And the one that the U.S. experienced following the 2008 recession is going to have a "ripple effect" across the economy in the coming years, according to a story in the Wall Street Journal Tuesday. Though the birth rate will likely be slightly up for 2015, from 3.99 million to 4 million, it's not rebounding quickly from its pre-recession highs that had been the norm since the 1980s. TIME's Top Stories https://audioboom.com/channels/3380207-time-s-top-stories Audioboom https://audioboom.com 480 95 https://audioboom.com/i/21724643/600x600/c 600 600 <iframe width="100%" height="95" src="https://embeds.audioboom.com/posts/4548233/embed?v=202301" style="background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; width: 100%" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="allowtransparency" scrolling="no" title="Audioboom player" allow="autoplay" sandbox="allow-downloads allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation"></iframe>