I love a crash headline! The UK economy has gone from the world's 5th biggest to its 6th.

Hence the 'crash'.

LOL.

Still, they probably aren't LOLing in Downing Street.

  • UK economy now #6
  • Overtaken by ... (wait for it) ... France!
  • U.K. Treasury used GDP forecasts published by the International Monetary Fund in October for tis economy size assessment
  • France will move ahead of Britain in the 2017 ranking, and further ahead in 2018
  • This year will be the first time since 2013 that France has topped the U.K. in the ranking, according to the IMF.

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