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Xpatulator.com is a website that provides international cost of living information and calculators that can help you determine cost of living indexes, cost of living allowances, salary purchasing power and international assignment packages to compensate for cost of living, hardship, and exchange rate differences.

Salary Purchasing Power Parity

Posted on November 17, 2009 by Xpatulator

Internationally comparable cost of living data is crucial to forming sustainable expatriate pay policies and monitoring progress. Market exchange rates give misleading comparisons because they do not reflect salary purchasing power differences. Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) accounts for price differences … Continue reading →

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Salary Purchasing Power Parity

Posted on November 17, 2009 by Xpatulator

Internationally comparable cost of living data is crucial to forming sustainable expatriate pay policies and monitoring progress. Continue reading →

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Alcohol & Tobacco International Cost of Living Ranking

Posted on November 16, 2009 by Xpatulator

Alcohol & Tobacco costs include alcoholic beverages such as alcohol at bar, beer, locally produced spirit, whiskey, and wine as well as tobacco products such as cigarettes. The October 2009 alcohol & tobacco international cost of living rank is as … Continue reading →

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Alcohol & Tobacco International Cost of Living Ranking

Posted on November 16, 2009 by Xpatulator

Alcohol & Tobacco costs include alcoholic beverages such as alcohol at bar, beer, locally produced spirit, whiskey, and wine as well as tobacco products such as cigarettes. Continue reading →

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October 2009 International Cost of Living Ranking

Posted on October 23, 2009 by Xpatulator

The October 2009 International Cost of Living Ranking, one of the most comprehensive in the world, covers 276 cities in 209 countries across 13 basket groups. Below we have listed the Top 10 most expensive countries to live in, the … Continue reading →

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October 2009 International Cost of Living Ranking

Posted on October 23, 2009 by Xpatulator

This report provides you with the cost of living indexes as at October 2009 for each of our 276 global locations. The indexes are calculated using the prices for specific quantities of the same goods and services in each location, based on expatriate spending patterns across the 13 basket groups. Our calculators make use of a cost of living index customised to the Basket Groups selected, the Exchange Rate and a relative Hardship Comparison for 276 locations around the globe.
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International Cost of Living July 2009

Posted on July 12, 2009 by Xpatulator

The most expensive global location to live in, as at July 2009, is still Tokyo Japan, however there have been some significant changes in the last year mainly due to large differences in exchange rates, and more recently, a real … Continue reading →

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International Cost of Living July 2009

Posted on July 12, 2009 by Xpatulator

if you were to relocate anywhere in the world right now, where would you experience the lowest cost of living with the least amount of hardship? Hardship is used as the measure of discomfort a person and their family are likely to experience. Each global location is ranked between 1 which is minimal hardship and 4 which is extreme hardship. Assuming therefore that you would want to live in a minimal hardship location, the location with the lowest cost of living index is…… Continue reading →

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Argentina Cost of Living

Posted on July 1, 2009 by Xpatulator

Argentina cost of living is ranked a low cost of living location. Argentina is in Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Chile and Uruguay. CAPITAL CITY: Buenos Aires LARGEST CITY: Buenos Aires CURRENCY: Argentine Peso (ARS) ECONOMY: … Continue reading →

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