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Singapore, Paris are world's costliest cities, none from India in top-10

Asia Pacific and European destinations dominated the ranks of costliest cities identified in the report released this week

Singapore, Paris are world's costliest cities, none from India in top-10
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Melissa Cheok | Bloomberg
Singapore is the world’s most expensive city for the fifth straight year in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s latest Worldwide Cost of Living report, with Paris and Zurich tied for second place.

Asia Pacific and European destinations dominated the ranks of costliest cities identified in the report released this week. Tokyo and Osaka were conspicuous in their absence from the top 10, edged out by low inflation. The EIU survey is designed to help companies calculate cost-of-living allowances and build compensation packages for expatriates and business travelers.

As recent as 2013, Tokyo was the world’s costliest city to live in. The Japanese capital

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