Sarkozy and Merkel call for 'true economic government' to save eurozone

[Warspite]

Is the US really the finical center of the world?  I thought it was London.

New York and London are, I believe, the cities with the largest financial sectors.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

that characterizes the economies that are too close to the american economical sphere of influence

In Martim's world, if it's bad, it's American.

The USSR... Filled to the brim with Americans! Probably ambassadors.

[Richard Hakluyt]

Is the US really the finical center of the world?  I thought it was London.

They are on a par, with London maybe having the edge in the past decade or so. Perhaps more importantly the UK economy is only a sixth the size of the US economy, so while the financial services are still a big deal in NY and the USA they are completely central to the current UK economy.

[Martinus]

Is the US really the finical center of the world?  I thought it was London.

They are on a par, with London maybe having the edge in the past decade or so. Perhaps more importantly the UK economy is only a sixth the size of the US economy, so while the financial services are still a big deal in NY and the USA they are completely central to the current UK economy.

I guess London is preferred to NY by the RIC out of BRIC and Middle Eastern finance.