Does the US have a financial capital? If so, which city?

BRY2K

National oil companies, other state-owned enterprises, and sovereign wealth funds have brought politicians and political bureaucrats into economic decision-making on a scale we haven't seen in a very long time. Now the U.S. has gotten in on the game. New York, once the financial capital of the world, is no longer even the financial capital of the U.S. That honor falls on Washington, where lawmakers are now injecting populist politics into economics decisions. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123267029592108287.html Feb 23 09, 6:02 PM

McFlyFave

Although New York is home to Wall Street and the New York Stock Exchange many of the large banks, insurance companies, equity firms and other investment oriented companies are headquarted in or around Boston, MA making that the true Finance capital of America. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Which_city_is_called_the_financial_capital_of_the_USA Feb 23 09, 6:09 PM

star_gazer

I would dare to say that Delaware is the home to most of the large US banks. http://www.incplan.net/index.php/r/76-why-are-delaware-bank-accounts-so-popular.html Feb 23 09, 6:23 PM

queproblema

Washington, D.C. I wasn't even looking for this, but just reading the news: "Dodd’s casual remark and the not-so-casual consequences it caused were among the most vivid examples of a new Washington phenomenon. The city’s sudden status as the de facto world financial capital means that briefings and interviews that once would have passed with a yawn can create instant terror on Wall Street and Main Street alike." This is reference to the senator's musings on bank nationalization. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0209/19213.html Not sure how true this is, or if it's just nervous hype. Feb 24 09, 8:57 AM