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Capital Economics"China probably won't ever overtake the US economy on a sustained basis."
Rob Subbaraman"[T]he size of China's economy in USD terms will overtake the US in 2028."
JCER"China's nominal gross domestic product is unlikely to surpass that of the U.S. in the next few decades."
George Magnus"This idea of China becoming the world's biggest economy may not happen, actually."
IMF"China has now overtaken the US to become the world's largest economy."
JCER"It will be difficult for China to surpass the U.S. even after 2036 due to the decrease in the labor force population."
Desmond Lachman"It is unlikely that the Chinese economy will surpass that of the United States within the next decade or two."
Centre for Economics and Business Research"China will overtake the United States to become the world's biggest economy in 2028."
S&P Global"If China grows by a more moderate 4% over the long term, its GDP will exceed that of the US eight years later, in 2046."
Goldman Sachs"China is forecast to overtake the U.S. as the world’s largest economy by around 2035."
Global Times"China will overtake the US as the world's top economy in about 2035 with a high probability."
Eswar Prasad"The likelihood of the prediction that China's GDP will one day overtake that of the U.S. is declining."
Chris Giles"China's GDP exceeded that in the US around the time Donald Trump was 'making America great again.'"Dec 06, 2023
Statista"It is estimated that, by 2030, China will overtake the U.S. as the world's largest economy."
Nathan Sheets"We now believe that Chinese overtaking [US Economy] is 'likely,' but we no longer see it as 'inevitable.'"Jan 31, 2024
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