New York City

=== Wall Street ===
{{main|Wall Street|Financial District, Manhattan}}
[[File:Gaming-Wall-Street BTS Prodigium-266.jpg|thumb|The [[New York Stock Exchange]] is the [[List of stock exchanges#Major stock exchanges|world's largest stock exchange]] per total [[market capitalization]] of [[Lists of companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange|its listed companies]].<ref name="NYSElargest"/><ref name="NYSEhighestcap"/>|alt=A large flag is stretched over Roman style columns on the front of a large building.]]

New York City's most important [[economic sector]] lies in its role as the headquarters for the [[Financial center|U.S. financial industry]], metonymously known as ''Wall Street''. [[Lower Manhattan]] is home to the [[New York Stock Exchange]], at [[New York Stock Exchange Building|11 Wall Street]], and the [[Nasdaq]], at [[One Liberty Plaza|165 Broadway]], representing the world's largest and second largest [[stock exchange]]s, respectively, when measured both by overall average daily trading volume and by total [[market capitalization]] of their listed companies in 2013.<ref name="NYSElargest">{{cite web |title = NYSE Listings Directory |url = https://www.nyse.com/about/listed/lc_ny_overview.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130621174531/http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/lc_ny_overview.html |archive-date = June 21, 2013 |access-date = June 23, 2014 |publisher = [[New York Stock Exchange]] }}</ref><ref name="NYSEhighestcap">{{cite web |title = 2013 WFE Market Highlights |url = http://www.world-exchanges.org/files/2013_WFE_Market_Highlights.pdf |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140327112731/http://www.world-exchanges.org/files/2013_WFE_Market_Highlights.pdf |date = January 28, 2014 |archive-date = March 27, 2014 |access-date = July 20, 2014 |publisher = [[World Federation of Exchanges]] }}</ref> In fiscal year 2013–14, Wall Street's [[securities industry]] generated 19% of New York State's tax revenue.<ref>{{cite web |date = March 11, 2015 |title = DiNapoli: Wall Street Bonuses Edge Up in 2014 |url = https://www.osc.state.ny.us/press/releases/mar15/031115.htm |access-date = July 15, 2015 |publisher = Office of the [[New York State Comptroller]] }}</ref>

New York City remains the largest global center for trading in [[public equity]] and [[Security (finance)|debt]] capital markets, driven in part by the size and [[Financial Development Index|financial development]] of the [[U.S. economy]].<ref name="CNY2007">{{cite report |url = http://www.nyc.gov/html/om/pdf/ny_report_final.pdf |title = Sustaining New York's and the US' Global Financial Services Leadership |publisher = [[New York City Economic Development Corporation]] |access-date = July 19, 2015 }}</ref>{{rp|31–32}}<ref>{{cite web |date = June 2013 |title = Total debt securities |url = http://www.bis.org/statistics/r_qa1306_hanx18.pdf |access-date = July 19, 2015 |publisher = [[Bank for International Settlements]] }}</ref> New York also leads in [[hedge fund]] management; [[List of private equity firms|private equity]]; and the monetary volume of [[mergers and acquisitions]]. Several [[Investment Banking|investment banks]] and [[Investment management|investment managers]] headquartered in Manhattan are important participants in other global financial centers.<ref name="CNY2007" />{{rp|34–35}} New York is the principal [[commercial bank]]ing center of the United States.<ref>{{cite news |last = Chaudhuri |first = Saabira |date = September 15, 2014 |title = Ranking the Biggest U.S. Banks: A New Entrant in Top 5 |newspaper = [[The Wall Street Journal]] |url = https://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2014/09/15/ranking-the-biggest-u-s-banks-a-new-entrant-in-top-5/ |access-date = July 19, 2015 }}</ref>

Manhattan contained over 500&nbsp;million square feet (46.5&nbsp;million m<sup>2</sup>) of office space in 2018,<ref name="ManhattanOfficeSpace">{{cite web |first = Cynthia |last = Foster |date = December 7, 2018 |title = Q3 2018 U.S. Office Market Outlook |url = https://www2.colliers.com/en/Research/2018-Q3-US-Office-Market-Outlook-Report |access-date = April 13, 2019 |publisher = [[Colliers International]] |archive-date = April 14, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190414022654/https://www2.colliers.com/en/Research/2018-Q3-US-Office-Market-Outlook-Report |url-status = dead }}</ref> making it the largest office market in the United States,<ref>{{cite web |title = Understanding The Manhattan Office Space Market |url = http://www.officespaceseeker.com/manhattan-office-space-market.html |access-date = July 20, 2014 |publisher = Officespaceseeker.com |archive-date = July 13, 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140713071533/http://www.officespaceseeker.com/manhattan-office-space-market.html |url-status = dead }}</ref> while [[Midtown Manhattan]], with 400&nbsp;million square feet (37.2&nbsp;million m<sup>2</sup>) in 2018,<ref name="ManhattanOfficeSpace" /> is the largest [[central business district]] in the world.<ref>{{cite web |title = Marketbeat United States CBD Office Report 2Q11 |url = http://www.cushwake.com/cwmbs2q11/PDF/off_us_cbd_2q11.pdf |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130508231043/http://www.cushwake.com/cwmbs2q11/PDF/off_us_cbd_2q11.pdf |archive-date = May 8, 2013 |access-date = July 20, 2014 |publisher = [[Cushman & Wakefield|Cushman & Wakefield, Inc]] }}</ref>