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- Wall Street firms earned $45.9 billion in H1 2026, a 51% increase from 2025.
- The New York State Comptroller projects full-year 2026 profits exceeding $90 billion, about 40% above 2025.
- AI-related venture-capital spending reached $407 billion in the first six months, over 50% higher than 2025.
- Wall Street added 7,000 jobs, raising New York’s securities workforce to a record 207,400.
