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Top most expensive cities for expatriates

8 Jul 2009

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Tokyo has knocked Moscow off the top spot to become the world’s most expensive city for expatriates, according to the latest Cost of Living Survey from Mercer.

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Currency fluctuations and cost of living

“As a direct impact of the economic downturn over the last year we have observed significant fluctuations in most of the world’s currencies, which have had a profound impact on this year’s ranking”, said Nathalie Constantin-Métral, senior researcher at Mercer.

“Many currencies, including the Euro and British pound, have weakened considerably against a strong US dollar causing a number of European cities to plummet in the rankings,” she continued.

Top 10 most expensive cities for expatriates

Rank	City (Rank 2008)
1.	Tokyo (2)
2.	Osaka (11)
3.	Moscow (1)
4.	Geneva (8)
5.	Hong Kong (6)
6.	Zurich (9)
7.	Copenhagen (7)
8.	New York City (22)
9.	Beijing (20)
10	Singapore (13)

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