The Economist’s 2025 Economy of the Year Award announced + World economic performance ranking

(Summary for those who cannot read the article

https://bobmschwartz.com/2025/12/08/the-u-s-is-not-the-hottest-economy-in-the-world-number-17-according-to-the-economist/

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The Economist announces annually which economy did the best this year – Portugal wins ‘Economy of the Year’

Ranking of 36 relatively advanced economies (OECD)

1st place: Portugal

4th place Spain

8th Canada

11th France

12th Japan

13th Korea

16th Italy

17th place USA

20th Germany

27th UK