China Surpasses U.S. In Economic Size Says IMF

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Mark Melin
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Its official, says the International Monetary Fund. The Chinese economy is now larger than the U.S. for the first time, according to a Financial Times report. According to a recent IMF study, China’s economy was $17.6 trillion in size, compared to the $17.4 trillion U.S. economy.  But those numbers are based on new exchange rates that make an odd assumption that money went further in China than previously thought and this equates to larger economic output. China’s economy overtakes U.S. This could be particularly alarming to U.S. economic officials given the fact that as recent as 2005, China’s economy was…

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.