Five charts to start your day

China's ageing population and Norway's massive sovereign wealth fund are just some of the topics we will look at today.

Good morning! Hope you have had a good start to Tuesday. I actually woke up this morning thinking it was Monday. For a brief second after I opened my eyes, I thought Monday had never happen. But it did. Yes, it did, and it was a pretty interesting day chart-wise.

If you are new to my newsletter or Eeagli in general, then this is basically a daily summary of all the best charts I see every day.

Coming up:

1. The effects of China’s decades-long one-child policy

2. Norway’s sovereign wealth fund has swelled to over $1.4 trillion

3. Buy bonds if you want to earn a higher income

4. The cost of lab-grown diamonds continues to fall

5. Cuts in interest rates are set to outnumber hikes among the top 30 central banks

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1. The effects of China’s decades-long one-child policy

Source: The Economist, link

The effects of China’s one-child policy are now feeding into the lower echelons of China’s population. The results are terrifying. Within a generation, China will face one of the most rapidly ageing population crises in the world. The rate of this demographic change is so dramatic that it makes the trends currently witnessed in Japan appear mild. By the end of this century, the UN projects that there will be an almost halving of China’s population.