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| New York was voted the most expensive city in the world along with Singapore |
If you look at the bills at the beginning of each month, the prices seem to have increased compared to the previous month.
Lifestyle spending has really increased significantly in 2022.
The list of the most expensive and cheapest cities in 2022 was published by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).
According to the list, lifestyle spending rose 8.1% due to the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the impact of the coronavirus outbreak.
According to the report, supply chain problems have emerged as a result of the attacks on Ukraine, Western sanctions against Russia and China's zero-Covid policy, while record rate hikes in various countries and other changes have significantly impacted the cost of living around the world . Grew up.
We can see the impact on this year's list, the report says, with average price increases in the 172 cities surveyed being the highest in 20 years, with groceries and household goods the most expensive. .
This 2022 Most Expensive and Cheapest Cities 2022 list includes 172 cities and collected price data for hundreds of goods and services in August and September and then compared it to the US dollar.
Gasoline prices rose the most globally (up 22 percent on average), but so did electricity, food and everyday necessities.
Taking all factors into account, New York and Singapore were collectively ranked as the most expensive cities in the world.
This is the first time that New York has been named the world's most expensive city, having ranked sixth in last year's list.
Likewise, Tel Aviv, the most expensive city in 2021, has now moved up to third place.
Hong Kong and Los Angeles shared fourth place among the most expensive cities, while Swiss cities Zurich and Geneva sixth and seventh.
The American city of San Francisco is eighth, Paris is ninth, while Copenhagen and Sydney are jointly among the top ten most expensive cities.
As for the cheapest cities in the world, for the third year in a row this honor went to Damascus, the capital of Syria.
Libya's capital Tripoli is second, Iran's capital Tehran third, Tunisia's capital Tunisia fourth, Uzbekistan's city of Tashkent fifth and Karachi sixth cheapest city.
According to the report, inflation in Asian cities has not had the same impact as in other regions.
Lifestyle spending in Asian cities increased by an average of 4.5 percent.
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