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EditorDavid @ Slashdot · 04/26/2025 14:34 EDT

California Becomes the World's Fourth-Largest Economy, Overtaking Japan

"Only the United States, China and Germany have larger economies than California," reports CNN.

In fact, they add that California "outpaced all three countries with growth of 6% last year," according to the California governor's office (which cites new data from the International Monetary Fund and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis):


In 2024, California's growth rate of 6% outpaced the top three economies: U.S. (5.3%), China (2.6%) and Germany (2.9%)...


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