cost of living
- Middle East
Turkey enters new year with pay hikes but falling living standards
Ankara: Turkey has ushered in the new year with significant pay hikes for minimum-wage earners, pensioners, and civil servants amid a cost-of-living crisis that has plunged millions into financial hardship. Inflation remains…
- World
New York City, Singapore declared most expensive cities in world
Singapore: The latest Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Worldwide Cost of Living (WCOL) Index released earlier this month declared Singapore and New York City (US) as joint “most expensive cities in the world”.…
- World
Why world is facing largest cost-of-living crisis in a generation?
United Nations: The world is facing a cost-of-living crisis unseen in at least a generation, partly due to the Ukraine conflict, said a UN report. “The largest cost-of-living crisis of the 21st…
- Middle East
UAE: Expats feel the heat amid increased cost of living
Dubai: Amid a rise in the global cost of living crisis, expats in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are feeling the heat as essential commodity prices are soaring. One of the major…
- World
Increase in New Zealand’s cost of living reaches new high
Wellington: The cost of living has seen a sharp increase for many households in New Zealand due to higher prices for petrol and mortgage interest payments, data from Stats NZ revealed on Thursday.…
