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Why China is still number two, after USA

By JEFFREY FRANKEL

Headlines around the world this week trumpeted a watershed moment for the global economy. As the Financial Times put it “China poised to pass US as world’s leading economic power this year”. This is a startling development – or it would be if the claim were not essentially wrong. In fact, the United States remains the world’s largest national economy by a substantial margin.

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