Wall Street

Located in Lower Manhattan, Wall Street is both an actual street and a term representing the collection of banks, stock markets, and brokerages that comprise the world’s largest and most important financial sector. Today, the New York Stock Exchange still sits at the intersection of Broad St and Wall St. The New York Branch of the US Federal Reserve is located nearby as is Federal Hall, the location where George Washington was sworn in as the first President of the United States. Wall Street is synonymous with capitalism and has played a historic role in both the US and world economies for nearly a century.