Ngokophando olusanda kupapashwa kwiWorldwide Cost of Living survey, iSingapore neZurich zichongwe njengezona zixeko zinexabiso eliphezulu ehlabathini kulo nyaka.
Uhlolisiso lwatyhila oko Singapho , okwesihlandlo sesithoba kule minyaka ili-11 idluleyo, igcine iwonga layo njengesona sixeko sineendleko eziphezulu ehlabathini. Isixeko-isixeko siqhayisa ngezona ndleko zothutho ziphezulu kwihlabathi kwaye siphakathi kwezona ndleko ziphezulu kwimpahla, igrosari, kunye notywala.
Ngenxa yeendleko eziphezulu zokutya, izinto zendlu, kunye nemisebenzi yokuzonwabisa, kunye ne-Swiss franc eyomeleleyo, iZurich iqhubele phambili ukusuka kwindawo yesithandathu ukuya kwindawo ngokudibeneyo neSingapore. City New York yawela kwindawo yesithathu, yabelana ngesikhundla neGeneva, ngelixa iHong Kong ifumene indawo yesihlanu.
Ukuphuma kwabalishumi abaphambili yaba yiParis, Copenhagen, Los Angeles, San Francisco, kunye neTel Aviv. Uphononongo lwenziwe ngaphambi kokunyuka kwenyanga edlulileyo ye-Israel anti-terrorism operation eGaza, ingxelo iphawula.
IParis, iCopenhagen, iLos Angeles, iSan Francisco, kunye neTel Aviv zagqiba uluhlu olulishumi oluphezulu. Kuyafaneleka ukukhankanya ukuba uphando lwenziwe ngaphambi kokunyuka kwamva nje kwe-Israel anti-terrorism operation ejolise kumaphekula e-Hamas eGaza.
Ngokohlolisiso, ukunyuka kwamaxabiso okuthe gqolo, ingakumbi kwigrosari nakwimpahla, kukhokelele ekubeni iNtshona Yurophu ibe nezixeko ezine kwezona zindlu zinexabiso eliphezulu.
Amaxabiso eempahla kunye neenkonzo ezingaphezu kwama-200 kwizixeko ezikhulu zehlabathi ezili-173 ziye zahlolwa kuphando. Abaphandi bafumanise ukunyuka okuphakathi kwe-7.4% kumaxabiso kuzo zonke iindidi zemali yasekhaya xa kuthelekiswa nonyaka odlulileyo. Nangona oku bekungaphantsi kune-8.1% yokunyuka okurekhodiweyo kulo nyaka uphelileyo, ibiphezulu kakhulu kunohlumo olubonwe kwiminyaka emihlanu edlulileyo. Okuqaphelekayo, amaxabiso aluncedo afumene elona zinga lokukhula kancinci kwizixeko ezininzi kulo nyaka uphelileyo, ngelixa amaxabiso egrosari ebonise ezona nzuzo zibalulekileyo.
