We also incorporated Economy.com's business cost index, which looks at labor, tax, energy and office space costs and its living cost index, which factors in housing, transportation, food and other household expenditures.
Easton's stock of architecturally diverse houses often goes for 30 to 40 percent less than similar space in the New York region, but housing prices are going up, and that's spurred questions about how Easton will keep living cost within reach for many residents.
The Worldwide Cost of Living survey compares the cost of living in over 130 cities in nearly 90 countries.
Have you ever tried to ask your boss for a raise simply because living expenses cost 10% more than a year prior?
She could no longer justify the cost of living here and so packed up and went home to live with, and be supported by, other family members in an area with a lower cost of living.
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He cited a number of principles a new government will embrace: security, preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, economic responsibility in the face of the global financial crisis, increasing equality in sharing burdens and lowering the cost of living, including the cost of apartments.
He cited a number of principles a new government will embrace: security, preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, economic responsibility in the face of the global financial crisis, diplomatic responsibility, increasing equality in sharing burdens, and lowering the cost of living, including the cost of apartments.
More than 50, 000 individual prices are collected in each survey round, and a cost-of-living index is calculated from the price data to express the difference in the cost of living between any two cities.
The cost of living, in particular the cost of housing, is also much higher in London (see chart).
In other words, the metrics have been altered to track not so much the cost of things, but the cost of living (or more accurately, the cost of surviving).
One of the biggest financial advantages of living in a small town is a lower cost of living.
The Living Wage is calculated according to the basic cost of living in the UK. Employers choose to pay it on a voluntary basis.
The cost of living ranking, also from Economy.com, includes the cost of housing, transportation, utilities and other necessities.
John Harrison, author of Low Cost Living, says that it's all about little steps.
Living in Manhattan is expensive up to three times the cost of living in other cities but I work for a private equities firm and my husband is in securities litigation.
The figures are a part of Mercer's annual cost of living survey, which covers 143 cities across six continents and measures the relative cost of more than 200 items in each location, including housing, transportation, food, clothing, household goods and entertainment.
The reason that there were a couple of years where she did not get a cost-of-living increase was because even though she probably felt like the cost of food and gas and groceries were going up, the overall inflation index actually did not go up.
The problem lies in how the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics calculates the cost of living.
The cost of living in Manhattan is the nation's highest, standing at twice the national average.
Social Security will be whittled away in the form of reduced cost of living adjustments.
Yet the cost of living remains rich and out of reach for middle-class families.
The cost of living in China is very different from that in the West.
Highly talented young people are coming to us because of the low cost of living.
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Of course, the cost of living in Connecticut is also higher than the national average.
When calculating the best places to live on an executive salary, cost of living is imperative.
The Federal Reserve wrongly fears deflation while Main Street worries about the rising cost of living.
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Mr Twomey says the average family income is keeping pace with the cost of living.
They had the highest cost of living, lowest salaries, least job growth and least affordable housing.
And the answer is by radically reducing the cost of living relative to income.
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They were shackled to sinking incomes, while the cost of living rose with the tide.
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