MercoPress http://en.mercopress.com/ South Atlantic News Agency en Copyright 2013, MercoPress. http://en.mercopress.com/web/img/en/mercopress-logo.gif MercoPress http://en.mercopress.com/ <![CDATA[The magic of currencies: UK overtakes Brazil as the world’s sixth largest economy]]> CEBR Douglas McWilliams: ”We have been neck-and-neck with Brazil for some time” Despite recession and the poor performance Britain has clawed back the ground it lost to Brazil in the rankings of the world's richest economies - but it is not expected to hold on to the spot for long.

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