Citigroup in The Wealth Report 2012 stated that Asian centa-millionaire overtook North America's wealth for the first time as the world's "economic center of gravity" continued moving east.
sˈɪɾɪɡɹˌuːp ɪnðə wˈɛlθ ɹᵻpˈoːɹt tˈuː θˈaʊzənd twˈɛlv stˈeɪɾᵻd ðæt ˈeɪʒən sˈɛntəmˌɪliənˈɛɹ ˌoʊvɚtˈʊk nˈɔːɹθ ɐmˈɛɹɪkəz wˈɛlθ fɚðə fˈɜːst tˈaɪm æz ðə wˈɜːldz "ˌiːkənˈɑːmɪk sˈɛntɚɹ ʌv ɡɹˈævᵻɾi" kəntˈɪnjuːd mˈuːvɪŋ ˈiːst.