WORLD FINANCIAL CENTERS AS SUBJECT OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ACTORS
This article deals with the world's leading financial centers. It is shown the variety of different researchers’ views to the definition of the world financial center. The methodology of the two indexes (GFCI and IFDC) is compared. Particular attention is drawn to the question of the prospects for the transformation of Moscow into one of the global financial centers. Based on the opinion of experts, it is concluded that the most rational approach is to change macroeconomic policies, to encourage Russians' confidence in the financial market.