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Switzerland Displaces U.S. As World’s Most Competitive Economy

09-Sep-09

The United States received an unfamiliar blow yesterday, as the World Economic Forum displaced it as the world’s most competitive economy, replacing it with Switzerland. This is the first time that the US has lost the top spot since the index was created in 2004. The Forum cited the United States’ fragile financial markets as [...]

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Overnight Market News – September 8, 2009

08-Sep-09

World Economic Forum Names Switzerland as the World’s Most Competitive Economy, Displacing US Following Weakening of its Financial Markets and Rising Budget Deficits OPEC Likely to Leave Output Unchanged at Wednesday’s Meeting as Current Oil Prices Deemed Favourable UK’s Finance Minister to Curb Government Spending when Economy Recovers, But Vows to Protect Frontline Services China’s [...]

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