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Britain overtakes France to become world's 5th biggest economy

Geoff Riley

26th December 2014

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The latest Global Economic League Table published by the Centre for Economic and Business Research places the UK as the 5th largest economy in the world, overtaking France.

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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