The Long-Term Outlook for the BRICs and N-11 Post Crisis

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"The Long-Term Outlook for the BRICs and N-11 Post Crisis"

"What the future has in store for BRICs and the N-11 economies\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>The BRIC and N-11 countries are emerging from the crisis better than thed eveloped world.\r\n</li>\r\n<li>As a result, our long-term projections for the BRICs look more, rather than less, likely to be realised.\r\n</li>\r\n<li>It is now possible that China will become as big as the US by 2027, and the BRICs as big as the G7 by 2032.\r\n</li>\r\n<li>Within the BRICs and N-11, China, Brazil, India, Indonesia and the Philippines appear to be performing best.\r\n</li>\r\n<li>Bangladesh, Egypt, Korea, Nigeria, Turkey and Vietnam form a second group of countries that have performed broadly in line with expectations.\r\n</li>\r\n<li>Iran, Mexico, Pakistan and Russia have need for improvement.\r\n</li>\r\n<li>We show the ongoing dramatic BRIC influence in key product markets, with autos and crude oil as examples.\r\n<a href=\"/content/dam/gs/gscom/pdfs/insights/archive/archive-pdfs/long-term-outlook.pdf\">Download the full report [PDF]</a>\r\n</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n"

What the future has in store for BRICs and the N-11 economies
<ul>
<li>The BRIC and N-11 countries are emerging from the crisis better than thed eveloped world.
</li>
<li>As a result, our long-term projections for the BRICs look more, rather than less, likely to be realised.
</li>
<li>It is now possible that China will become as big as the US by 2027, and the BRICs as big as the G7 by 2032.
</li>
<li>Within the BRICs and N-11, China, Brazil, India, Indonesia and the Philippines appear to be performing best.
</li>
<li>Bangladesh, Egypt, Korea, Nigeria, Turkey and Vietnam form a second group of countries that have performed broadly in line with expectations.
</li>
<li>Iran, Mexico, Pakistan and Russia have need for improvement.
</li>
<li>We show the ongoing dramatic BRIC influence in key product markets, with autos and crude oil as examples.
<a href="/pdfs/insights/archive/archive-pdfs/long-term-outlook.pdf">Download the full report [PDF]</a>
</li>
</ul>

Jim O’Neill

Anna Stupnytska

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