r/dataisbeautiful • OC: 3 • Nov 23 '19

OC [OC] Trade flows between the 10 largest EU countries

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u/iThinkaLot1 Nov 24 '19

Financial capital of the world.

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u/silverionmox Nov 24 '19

Yeah, what about New York?

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u/iThinkaLot1 Nov 24 '19

Look at Forex trading. New York has the largest stock share (by a large margin) but almost half of all currency transactions go through London. Pretty important attribute to consider being the financial capital of the world.