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UpInArms

(51,284 posts)
Mon Jan 14, 2019, 10:07 AM Jan 2019

U.S. economy could slip from top spot in 2020 and keep slipping, analysts say

America’s days as the world’s most powerful economy are numbered, and when that torch is finally passed, it’ll be tough to get back, according to a recent report.

In our call of the day, Standard Chartered predicts China’s GDP will overtake the U.S. next year. What’s more, within another decade, India is pegged to push the U.S. further down the list:



“The global middle class is at a tipping point,” writes Standard Chartered researcher Madhur Jha in the report. “By 2020, a majority of the world population will be classified as middle class. Asia will lead the increase in middle-class populations even as middle classes stagnate in the West.”

While the shake-up has been a long time coming, the hand-off could actually take place under Trump’s watch. Can’t wait for the tweet.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-economy-could-slip-from-top-spot-in-2020-and-keep-slipping-analysts-say-2019-01-14

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U.S. economy could slip from top spot in 2020 and keep slipping, analysts say (Original Post) UpInArms Jan 2019 OP
#TrumpSlump(R) Achilleaze Jan 2019 #1
And yet we did nothing. Polly Hennessey Jan 2019 #2

Achilleaze

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1. #TrumpSlump(R)
Mon Jan 14, 2019, 10:18 AM
Jan 2019

republicans always piss on the US economy. They get so damn busy grabbing for themselves, they let everything else go to shit.

But on the bright side, our republican-wanked economy is no doubt enormously pleasing to Putin and his kremlin komrades.

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