Frankfurt was hit particularly hard by the corona pandemic: jobs had to be cut at both Frankfurt Airport and Messe Frankfurt.
(Photo: imago images/Jan Eifert)
From his workplace in the Old Stock Exchange, Ulrich Caspar looks directly at the forecourt with the sculptures of the bull and the bear. The trading room of Deutsche Börse is two floors below the office of the President of the Frankfurt am Main Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IHK).
The stock exchange, banks, Germany’s largest airport, an important hub for long-distance trains – actually, Frankfurt has everything to be prepared for the future.
But in the latest edition of what is probably the most important German regional ranking, Frankfurt has been relegated from the Champions League: In the Prognos Zukunftsatlas 2022, Frankfurt slipped from tenth place to 20th place among the 400 administrative districts and urban districts in the republic.
The city no longer belongs in the category with the “best chances” – even if the economic institute Prognos Frankfurt continues to attest “very good chances” for positive economic development. Why the Main metropolis is sinking in the city ranking.
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