Confident couple
, February 23, 2014
Steve Caniglia holds his six-month-old son, Boden, in San Francisco, California. After tumbling more than 8 percent on the way to record lows after the 2008 financial crisis, the US birth rate is expected to increase over the next two years for the first time since 2007 as young people gain more confidence to start families because of the stronger economy, demographers say. Reuters/Robert Galbraith