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International Cost of Living Ranking – April 2011

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Xpatulator

Rising grocery and oil prices are impacting the low income earners most severely, but are also likely to impact expatriate purchasing power.
Lower income earners spend a larger percentage of their income on groceries and transport. The world’s poorest consumers spend a large proportion of their income, around 50 to 70 percent, on food and have limited capacity to adjust quickly to rapid price increases. In places like Egypt, Tunisia and Libya this has contributed to political unrest. At the expatriate level the impact will also be felt as up to 16% of their income is spent on groceries and 18% on transport. Continue reading →

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Alcohol and Tobacco International Cost of Living Ranking – April 2011

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Xpatulator

This report provides you with the rank of Alcohol & Tobacco cost of living indexes as at April 2011 for each of our 300 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 13 broad categories (Basket Groups). Continue reading →

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Clothing International Cost of Living Rank – April 2011

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Xpatulator

This report provides you with the rank of Clothing cost of living indexes as at April 2011 for each of our 300 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 13 broad categories (Basket Groups). Continue reading →

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Furniture & Appliance International Cost of Living Ranking – April 2011

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Xpatulator

This report provides you with the rank of Furniture & Appliance cost of living indexes as at April 2011 for each of our 300 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 13 broad categories (Basket Groups). Our calculators make use of the cost of living indexes, based on your input and Xpatulator’s data, to create reports online which you can save, e-mail or convert to a pdf file. Continue reading →

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Healthcare International Cost of Living Ranking – April 2011

Posted on April 9, 2011 by Xpatulator

This report provides you with the rank of Healthcare cost of living indexes as at April 2011 for each of our 300 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 13 broad categories (Basket Groups). Our calculators make use of the cost of living indexes, based on your input and Xpatulator’s data, to create reports online which you can save, e-mail or convert to a pdf file. Continue reading →

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Transport International Cost of Living Ranking – April 2011

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Xpatulator

This report provides you with the rank of Transport cost of living indexes as at April 2011 for each of our 300 global locations. Continue reading →

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Generations What? Lets begin with the Traditionalist…..

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Xpatulator

Have you considered how the period you were born into determines how you will be as a person? How you and your school mates reacted towards circumstances?  How to cope with the generation gap that we all feel between ourselves, … Continue reading →

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Why your salary is what it is

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Xpatulator

Have you ever wondered why your salary is what it is? At first glance you would probably say it is based on what you signed up for when you joined your company and on the salary increases you received since then. Perhaps this was based on the state of the economy, your company’s profitability or hopefully your performance. But let us dig a little deeper. Continue reading →

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Lebanon, Beirut – Cost of Living

Posted on November 4, 2010 by Xpatulator

The economy of Lebanon is characterized by remittances from Lebanese abroad which account for one fifth of the country’s economy. The thriving tourism and banking activities have made the services sector the most important part of the Lebanese economy employing nearly 65% of the workforce. Continue reading →

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Spending and Cost of Living

Posted on October 13, 2010 by Xpatulator

  Spending patterns amongst expatriates on international assignments can vary a great deal. How do spending patterns impact expatriate salary calculations?   What expatriates spend their salaries on in their host country, is a result of a number of factors … Continue reading →

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