Not competitive enough? The US economy

The economy of the United States has been on the top competitiveness rankings for a very long time. But now it has had to give up the spot and make way for other nations to take its place. Singapore has muscled the United States out of the top spot in the World Economic Forum's annual competitiveness report published on 9th October.

The index, published on Wednesday, takes stock of an economy's competitive landscape, measurin....