Tag: cost of living

• Friday, October 28th 2022 - 10:13 UTC

  Falklands approves package to support the community with the cost of living

  

  This week the Falkland Islands Executive Council, ExCo approved a paper which looks to support our community with the increased cost of living. The current programs which support those in need have been reviewed and targeted changes will be made to them. A new temporary scheme has also been developed to assist households with rising fuel and electricity prices.

• Friday, April 16th 2021 - 09:39 UTC

  Cost of living in Argentina rises 4.8% in March alone

  

  Argentina's Consumer Price Index (CPI-Cost of living) rose 4.8% during March, 1.2 percentage points above February's 3.6%, the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC) announced Thursday.

• Friday, January 29th 2021 - 08:07 UTC

  Stanley's RPI drops in last quarter: reduced cost of fuel and power

  

  The Falkland Islands capital, Stanley Retail Price Index (RPI) indicated that the cost of living has dropped again in the last quarter of 2020 after a steady increase in the previous two quarters.

• Thursday, January 16th 2020 - 08:52 UTC

  Argentine Inflation ended 2019 at 53.8%, the highest figure since 1991

  

  Inflation in Argentina ended 2019 at 53.8%, the highest figure since 1991 when the peso was pegged to the US dollar, data institute Indec said on Wednesday. Indec said the cost of living increased by 3.7% in December alone.

• Thursday, December 19th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Riots, turmoil and the Argentine Peso, a tremendous toll for tourism in Chile

  

  Research undertaken by ForwardKeys, the travel analytics firm, which analyses 17 million flight bookings and 7 million flight searches a day, has revealed that the recent riots in Chile have taken a tremendous toll on tourism to the country.

• Tuesday, March 19th 2019 - 06:36 UTC

  Singapore, Hong Kong and Paris, world's most expensive cities according to EIU

  

  Singapore, Hong Kong and Paris have been named the world’s most expensive cities for expatriates to live in, according to a survey of 133 cities released on Tuesday by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).

• Friday, August 17th 2012 - 06:51 UTC

  Buenos Aires most liveable city in Latam, but region scores in the bottom half

  

  Buenos Aires is the most liveable city of Latinamerica followed closely by Santiago de Chile and Montevideo, according to the 2012 report form the Economist Intelligence Unit which ranks the degree of satisfaction and comfort of residents in 140 cities from all over the world based on several factors.

• Saturday, October 1st 2011 - 05:36 UTC

  UK worst place to live in Europe for quality of life, says uSwitch.com

  

  The UK is now the worst place to live in Europe for quality of life and overall wellbeing, according to research by comparison site uSwitch.com. The high cost of living and work-driven culture means that Britain now sits at the bottom of a Quality of Life index. Ireland doesn’t come far behind in second place.