World's Financial Centres (broker, stats, cities)

[bobsmith]

Originally Posted by Katiana

This "list" is a major hoot! There are some cities I've barely heard of on it! Denver probably ranks higher than some of them.

Well...the list has some major flaws but I greatly dowbt Denver is above any of them. Maybe if you made a list of financial centers in the Mountian time zone...

[Katarina Witt]

Originally Posted by bobsmith

Well...the list has some major flaws but I greatly dowbt Denver is above any of them. Maybe if you made a list of financial centers in the Mountian time zone...

I was joking. But Guernsey? Jersey? Denver is the financial center of the Rockies!

[bobsmith]

Originally Posted by Katiana

I was joking. But Guernsey? Jersey? Denver is the financial center of the Rockies!

Well okay, I'd probably put Denver above those two.

[Hendu]

Originally Posted by Katiana

This "list" is a major hoot! There are some cities I've barely heard of on it! Denver probably ranks higher than some of them.

A lot of those cities you've 'barely heard of' are actually tax haven/shelter islands in the English Channel. Obviously this list is skewed towards the UK (with the exception of London), but Denver? C'mon.

Here's another list based off of the same study that's slightly different - only NY and Chicago (#2 and 8, respectively) in the top 12, with Tokyo at #9.

[Brickmama]

St Louis is sometimes referred as the financial center of the midwest.

http://stlouis.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2009/02/02/story2.html

[BlackOut]

I think it's safe to say that Chicago is the financial center of the midwest with Minneapolis being second.

Financial Related Jobs as of Jan. 2009
Chicago - 306,600
Minneapolis - 139,000
St. Louis - 78,600

[Brickmama]

They are referring to the fact STL has 4 large influential companies that are known across the country. CNBC does daily reports from at least 1 of the companies each day. STL has a larger concentration of brokers than any other city outside of NY.

[NowInWI]

Originally Posted by BlackOut

I think it's safe to say that Chicago is the financial center of the midwest with Minneapolis being second.

Financial Related Jobs as of Jan. 2009
Chicago - 306,600
Minneapolis - 139,000
St. Louis - 78,600

Out of curiosity, where did you find these numbers?

[BlackOut]

Here's the link: [SIZE=3]http://www.bls.gov/ro5/[/SIZE]

From there you can go to the Economies At A Glance section and choose state employment information. You can then find metro area employment numbers.

[Katarina Witt]

Originally Posted by Hendu

A lot of those cities you've 'barely heard of' are actually tax haven/shelter islands in the English Channel. Obviously this list is skewed towards the UK (with the exception of London), but Denver? C'mon.

Here's another list based off of the same study that's slightly different - only NY and Chicago (#2 and 8, respectively) in the top 12, with Tokyo at #9.

Why "c'mon"? From City Data

Chicago:
Females:
Health care (14%)
Educational services (12%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
Accommodation and food services (8%)
Finance and insurance (7%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
Social assistance (4%)
Males:
Construction (10%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
Accommodation and food services (8%)
Finance and insurance (6%) Educational services (6%)
Public administration (5%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)

Denver:
Females:
Health care (14%)
Educational services (11%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
Accommodation and food services (8%)
Finance and insurance (7%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
Social assistance (4%)
Males:
Construction (16%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
Accommodation and food services (9%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
Educational services (5%)
Finance and insurance (4%)
Health care (4%)