The most expensive cities in the world in 2009

According to the consulting firm Mercer , Tokyo is the most expensive city in the world right now. The great Japanese city thus supersedes Moscow , a Russian city that had been holding this undesirable name for some time and is now in third place. The second position is also for a Japanese city, in this case Osaka .

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Much of this ranking has been altered due to the strengthening of the yen against the dollar . For the preparation of this ranking, factors such as the cost of housing, leisure, the technological level of society, transport or the basic basket of products have been taken into account.

Among the top 50 we also find Barcelona , in position 39, Miami , in position 45, or Madrid , in position 37.