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The global financial centres index (GFCI) 3 - Z/Yen

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<strong>The</strong> Global Financial Centres Index<br />

6a. People Factors<br />

<strong>The</strong> people related instrumental factors (people factors) used in<br />

the <strong>GFCI</strong> are:<br />

<strong>The</strong> indices for people factors used in the <strong>GFCI</strong> are:<br />

■ Executive MBA Global Rankings, Financial Times 1<br />

■ European Human Capital Index, Lisbon Council 1<br />

■ Human Development Index, UNDP 1<br />

■ Education Expenditure, OECD 1<br />

■ World’s Top Tourism Destinations, Top Tourism Organisation 1<br />

■ Labour Productivity, OECD<br />

■ Quality of Living Survey, Mercer HR<br />

■ Happiness Scores, NationMaster<br />

■ Average Days With Precipitation, Sperling’s Best Places<br />

■ Tertiary Education Graduates Ratio, UNESCO b<br />

■ Murder Rates per Capita, NationMaster b<br />

■ Total Number of Terrorism Fatalities, NationMaster b<br />

1 – This <strong>index</strong> has been updated since <strong>GFCI</strong> 2<br />

b – This <strong>index</strong> has been added since <strong>GFCI</strong> 2.<br />

Chart 9 shows the top ten <strong>centres</strong> by <strong>GFCI</strong> rating when using only<br />

the people factors.<br />

Chart 9<br />

<strong>The</strong> Top Ten<br />

Financial<br />

Centres on the<br />

basis of People<br />

Factors<br />

City ><br />

London<br />

New York<br />

Hong Kong<br />

Singapore<br />

Zurich<br />

Frankfurt<br />

Chicago<br />

Geneva<br />

Sydney<br />

San Francisco<br />

500 550 600 650 700 750 800 850<br />

<strong>GFCI</strong> rating ><br />

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