Our long-run forecasts suggest that China will still be the second largest economy, measured at market exchange rates, in 2050. The most likely scenario is that slowing productivity growth and a shrinking workforce prevent China ever passing the US. But there’s a possibility too that China overtakes around 2030 before dropping behind again as the demographic headwinds to its growth mount.
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