HERE's a very nice infographic, helping us to remember just how important the US economy is to all of the rest of us.
Before we see it, just a reminder of the biggest economies in the world:
1 United States $ 14,120,000,000,000 2009 est.
2 China $ 8,818,000,000,000 2009 est.
3 Japan $ 4,149,000,000,000 2009 est.
4 India $ 3,680,000,000,000 2009 est.
The important point here is not that USA IS NUMBER 1!!!!! (As American like to say.)
It is more that the US economy is about the same size as China's, Japan's and India's added together.
No wonder that the Credit Crunch proved the old proverb still seems to be true: "If the USA sneezes, the rest of the world catches cold."
In fact, as the infographic shows, even individual states of the US have enormous economic power:
Click this to see it: California Against the World Infographic
You may also like to look at one of my favourite ever maps, showing US states and the countries whom have an equivalent size to them - click on the link below:
Post No 37: Your country compared to US states
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Last week i read an article about G8.There was information about the fact that Russia's GDP is lower that California's.at first i couldnt believe this :D
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