WCCI™

MasterCard Worldwide has developed the Worldwide Centers of Commerce Index™. It’s a revolutionary research program that uses seven evaluative dimensions to identify and rank the 75 most influential cities that drive the global economy.Its supplemental, in-depth reports provide unique insights to regional trends around the world, providing businesses with an inside look at markets as they evolve.

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The cities in the latest 2008 ranking below with the Index Value:
1. London 79.17
2. New York 72.77
3. Tokyo 66.60
4. Singapore 66.16
5. Chicago 65.24
6. Hong Kong 63.94
7. Paris 63.87
8. Frankfurt 62.34
9. Seoul 61.83
10. Amsterdam 60.06
11. Madrid 58.34
12. Sydney 58.33
13. Toronto 58.16
14. Copenhagen 57.99
15. Zurich 56.86
16. Stockholm 56.67
17. Los Angeles 55.73
18. Philadelphia 55.55
19. Osaka 54.94
20. Milan 54.73
21. Boston 54.10
22. Taipei 53.32
23. Berlin 53.22
24. Shanghai 52.89
25. Atlanta 52.86
26. Vienna 52.52
27. Munich 52.52
28. San Francisco 52.39
29. Miami 52.33
30. Brussels 52.16
31. Dublin 51.77
32. Montreal 51.60
33. Hamburg 51.53
34. Houston 51.30
35. Dallas 51.25
36. Washington D.C. 51.19
37. Vancouver 51.10
38. Barcelona 50.90
39. Dusseldorf 50.42
40. Geneva 50.13
41. Melbourne 49.93
42. Bangkok 48.23
43. Edinburg 47.79
44. Dubai 47.23
45. Tel Aviv 46.50
47. Rome 45.99
48. Mumbai 45.71
49. Prague 45.50
50. Kuala Lumpur 45.28
51. Moscow 44.99
52. Budapest 44.52
53. Santiago 44.49
54. Mexico City 43.33
55. Athens 43.25
56. Sao Paulo 42.70
57. Beijing 42.52
58. Johannesburg 42.04
59. Warsaw 41.26
60. Shenzhen 40.04
61. New Delhi 39.22
62. Bogota 38.27
63. Buenos Aires 37.76
64. Istanbul 36.14
65. Rio de Janeiro 35.91
66. Bangalore 35.78
67. St. Petersburg 35.55
68. Jakarta 35.40
69. Riyadh 35.37
70. Cairo 35.29
71. Manila 35.15
72. Chengdu 33.84
73. Chongqing 33.13
74. Lebanon 31.81
75. Caracas 26.11

46 places apart. The difference is massive.