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Economy

Main article: Economy of Belgrade

Belgrade is the financial centre of Serbia, and is home to the country's National Bank.Currently over 600.000 people are employed in 130.000 economic operators, 22.600 enterprises and 50.000 shops.Many notable companies are based in Belgrade, including Jat Airways, Telekom Srbija, Telenor Serbia, Delta Holding, Elektroprivreda Srbije, Komercijalna banka, Ikarbus, regional centers for AXA, Société Générale, Asus, Intel, Motorola, Dell, Samsung, MTV Adria, Kraft Foods, Carlsberg, Microsoft, OMV, Delhaize Group Unilever, Zepter, Japan Tobacco, Sinohydro Corporation, P&G, and many others. Stocks are traded at the Belgrade Stock Exchange.

New Belgrade is the main business district in the country and South East Europe. New Belgrade in the fastest business development district with hotels, congress halls such as Sava Centar, class A and class B office buildings, sport facilities such as Belgrade Arena, shopping malls such as Usce Shopping Mall and Delta City, business parks such as Airport City Belgrade. Belgrade Stock Exchange is also located in New Belgrade. Now over 1,2 million square meters is under construction in New Belgrade. Estimated value of construction in next two and half years will be over 1.5 billion Euros.

Serbia overcame the problems of inflation in the mid 1990s, and Belgrade has been growing strongly ever since. As of 2009, over 40% of Serbia's GDP is generated by the city, which also has 31,4% of Serbia's employed population. In January 2012, the average monthly net salary in Belgrade was 49,987 RSD (€433, $560). According to the Eurostat methodology, and contrasting sharply to the Balkan region, 53% of the city's households own a computer. According to the same survey, 39.1% of Belgrade's households have an internet connection; these figures are above those of the regional capitals such as Sofia, Bucharest and Athens. Belgrade city GDP at purchasing power parity PPP is estimated at $31.9 Billion USD, which is $19,458 per capita in terms of purchasing power parity.

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