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Originally Posted by LeadingEdgeBoomer
The World Bank has its HQ in Washington,DC, close to government and embassies. So is the IMF in Washington . Neither is situated in a financial centre such as NYC.
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The World Bank and IMF are in DC because their largest contributor and the manager of the world's reserve currency are in DC. Canada is probably not even the largest contributor to this fund. And we definitely aren't the member with the largest defence industrial base.