Those who believe that the energy crisis is a California problem should consider this: California represents the sixth-largest economy in the world.

At times, the candidates seemed like they were more in a local race than vying for the presidency of a nuclear power with the sixth-largest economy.

Unemployment in October was 5.8 percent, and this week it passed Britain to become the sixth-largest economy in the world.

Now the world's sixth-largest economy, it is gaining fast on the top two, the United States and Japan.

As a stand-alone country, it would be the world's sixth-largest economy.

Brazil has overtaken the UK to become the world's sixth-largest economy, according to a team of economists.

That translates into an adjusted increase of 17 percent, making China the sixth-largest economy in the world in 2004.

But the state, which is the world's sixth-largest economy, has faced much bigger challenges.

Encompassing $363 billion, the Greater Boston metropolitan area has the sixth-largest economy in the country and 12th-largest in the world.

Rhône-Alpes has the sixth-largest economy of any European region.