If you're a non smoker who despises smokers, there's an added win for you, too. Consider that vaping isn't like traditional smoking: there's no smoke, and it really doesn't smell bad at all. You can walk past or through a vape cloud and not smell a thing. Gone are your days as a smoker hater of having to roll your eyes and cough as you walk past smokers.
Here's a handy chart from Oppenheimer's John Stoltzfus. It reminds us that a little bit of growth in the U.S. will go a lot farther than a lot of growth out of China. And don't forget: Japan is the world's third largest economy, which shows just how high the stakes are as the country's leaders embark on extremely aggressive monetary policy.
China â GDP $9.0 trillion. China's shift to a market-oriented economy has buoyed its growth and rise to one of the largest economies in the world. China is the fastest growing economy with average annual growth rates of 10%. The Chinese are the largest exporters in the world.he United States has been the world's largest economy for at least a century. One third of the world's millionaires and 40% of the worlds billionaires live in the United States, making it the wealthiest nation in the world.