


Figure B1. World GDP is estimated to have expanded by 1 per cent in the second quarter of 2016

Figure B2. NIESR estimates that world trade grew by 0.7 per cent in 2016Q2


Figure B3. China is not expected to become the world's biggest importer of goods and services in the next 5 years

Figure B4. China has overtaken the US as the world's largest economy in 2014







