For more than a decade, China dominated the conversation about global economic expansion. More recently, other emerging markets such as Indonesia and Brazil were the media darlings when it came to finding growth in the 21st Century. But a funny thing happened on the way to Guangdong, Jakarta and Sao Paulo; suddenly gains have stalled around the globe and observers like the US again, as its economy is expected to post gains of 3.2% this year-which is what analysts predict will be the growth rate for the global economy overall in 2015. If prog-nosticators are right, it would be the first time since 1999 that the US hasn't lagged the global growth rate, according to data from the International Monetary Fund.
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