China achieves a global first

21 Oct 2007

A little noticed but key fact in the new World Economic Outlook from the International Monetary Fund (page 1 of chapter one). In the first half of 2007 China made the largest contribution to global growth for the first ever. This is true not only if measured at purchasing power parity but also at market exchange rates.

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