The sign of things to come ..and soon

Good old joe
By Good old joe

China's economy is likely to overtake the euro zone's this year, India is leapfrogging Japan and by 2030 the Asian pair will be bigger than the United States, euro area and Japan combined, the OECD said on Friday.

In a crystal-ball exercise to tease out long-term trends in the global economy, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development said the combined gross domestic product of China and India was likely to exceed that of all the current Group of Seven rich economies by around 2025.

Nevertheless, it is said the extent of the expected shift in economic power away from developed countries was striking.

Measured in 2005 PPPs, China and India will account for 28 per cent and 11 per cent respectively of the output of 42 major economies by 2030, compared with 18 per cent for the United States, 12 per cent for the euro zone and 4 per cent for Japan.

Until 2020, China will have the highest growth rate among the countries studied, but it will then be surpassed by India and Indonesia as its working-age population rapidly declines.

By Canadian Achilles• 12 Nov 2012 02:09
Canadian Achilles

demographics indicate inevitabilities.

it will be interesting to see how the world plays out financially, but i do worry about the conflicts that can arise from such shifts in economic powers in the future.

By timebandit• 10 Nov 2012 21:01
timebandit

So it won't be long before the countries that have been receiving financial aid from the west, start giving financial aid to the west then.

By Good old joe• 10 Nov 2012 20:34
Rating: 4/5
Good old joe

China & India to be bigger than US, eurozone & Japan combined by 2030: OECD (the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development)

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/indicators/china-india-to-be-bigger-than-us-eurozone-japan-combined-by-2030-oecd/articleshow/17156627.cms

By NimbuPani• 10 Nov 2012 20:30
NimbuPani

Source pls ???

By donkihote• 10 Nov 2012 18:56
donkihote

the china man dominates the world!

By anonymous• 10 Nov 2012 17:01
anonymous

drsam you are right. 25 % of Chinese exports reach EU, EU slows down, China slows down.

By Good old joe• 10 Nov 2012 16:13
Good old joe

The simple truth is that all this Indians one sees wandering around the souk and the corniche at the moment might not want to be here getting closer to 2030

By drsam• 10 Nov 2012 16:02
Rating: 5/5
drsam

economic forcasts always make me laugh.

- most of china's manufacturing is for export toward the usa/europe. if these are in difficulty, china will be.

- by then wages will be higher, costs of chinese/indian goods will be higher too, and competitivity will re-shift industries to their home countries or to other cheaper ones.

i do agree only with the last paragraph: by 2016, china's work force will reach it's peak, and start to decrease, with more and more chinese retiring, while less and less will be of working age.

By Dhingra• 10 Nov 2012 15:57
Dhingra

The power of technology is provided by down to earth Indians

By britexpat• 10 Nov 2012 14:24
britexpat

The power and technology will still be with the USA

By FlyingAce• 10 Nov 2012 14:16
FlyingAce

QDC, Don't know abt Indians getting paid more, but NWO is around the corner, considering Economic Meltdown in USofA...

By anonymous• 10 Nov 2012 14:12
anonymous

Does that mean Indians will get paid more in the GCC than the French now?

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