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Detailed explanation-1: -BRICS is an acronym that started as BRIC in 2001, coined by Jim O’Neill (a Goldman Sachs economist) for Brazil, China, India, and Russia. Later in 2010, South Africa was added to become BRICS. Goldman Sachs claimed that the global economy will be dominated by the four BRIC economies by 2050.

Detailed explanation-2: -"BRICS” is the acronym denoting the emerging national economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The term was originally coined in 2001 as “BRIC” by the Goldman Sachs economist Jim O’Neill in his report, Building Better Global Economic BRICs (Global Economics Paper No: 66) [PDF] .

Detailed explanation-3: -BRICS: How an acronym from Goldman Sachs morphed into a strategic economic bloc. BRICS-meaning Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa-is widely regarded as the pillar of emerging economies.

Detailed explanation-4: -The term was coined by economist Jim O’Neill in 2001 as an acronym for the four countries he identified as being at a similar stage of newly advanced economic development. In 2009, the leaders of the four countries held their first summit and in 2010 BRIC became a formal institution.