Munich (München in Englisch): Unterschied zwischen den Versionen

*CESifo, theoretical and applied research in economics and finance

[[File:Muebmwmuszyl2004b.jpg|thumb|[[BMW]] Headquarters building (one of the few buildings that have been built from the top to the bottom) and the bowl shaped BMW museum]]

Munich has the strongest economy of any German city and the lowest unemployment rate (5.6%) of any German city with more than a million people (the other ones being Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne). The city is also the economic centre of southern Germany. The initiative “Neue Soziale Marktwirtschaft (INSM)” (New Social Market Economy) and the “WirtschaftsWoche” (Business Weekly) magazine awarded Munich the top score in their comparative survey for the third time in June 2006. Munich topped the ranking of the magazine “Capital” in February 2005 for the economic prospects between 2002 and 2011 in sixty German cities. Munich is considered a global city and holds the headquarters of [[Siemens|Siemens AG]] (electronics), [[BMW]] (car), [[MAN|MAN AG]] (truck manufacturer, engineering), Linde (gases), Allianz (insurance), Munich Re (re-insurance), and Rohde & Schwarz (electronics). Among German cities with more than 500,000 inhabitants purchasing power is highest in Munich (26,648 euro per inhabitant) as of 2007.