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		hadlock 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How the U.K. broke its own economy Germany and the Netherlands bled off more than half of London's finance industry since Brexit if you look at recent numbers. They still have a finance industry but powerhouse might be a stretch these days.

rossriley 4 months ago | [–]

UK has 10% of the entire world's digital exports: https://www.voronoiapp.com/technology/The-Worlds-Largest-Dig...

riffraff 4 months ago | [–]

Perhaps, but e.g. LSEG had 8B in revenue last year and Euronext had less than 2B.

I'd be interested to know about specific numbers you're thinking of, if you can share a link or two.

whenc 4 months ago | [–]

I suspect they are confusing "total market capitalization of companies on stock exchange" with "financial industry".

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