Britain has abandoned its claim to be the world's fifth largest economy

Re:Britain has abandoned its claim to be the world's fifth l... by fattyboy420 on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @08:10PM (#15762069)

You got that backwards; the EU economy is larger than both the US and China.

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Re:Britain has abandoned its claim to be the world's fifth l... by adventured on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @09:19PM (#15762311)

The US economy is at least $2 trillion larger than the European Union's combined economy.

$19 to $19.5 trillion for the US, versus $16.5 to $17.5 for the EU (depending on your source, however they all universally agree the US is several trillion dollars larger).

And that of course is despite the EU having ~55% more people.

https://tradingeconomics.com/european-union/gdp

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_European_Union

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Re:Britain has abandoned its claim to be the world's fifth l... by 5ersi on Thursday November 23, 2017 @03:18AM (#15763651)

Wrong: http://www.businessinsider.com/charts-eu-economy-is-bigger-t...

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Re:Britain has abandoned its claim to be the world's fifth l... by mcv on Thursday November 23, 2017 @10:47AM (#15765729)

By that chart, China would also have overtaken the US.

Considering Brexit being the likely cause of the UK sagging, I wonder if Trump might be having a similar effect on the US.

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