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Fortune
Alena Botros

High inflation and a strong dollar push New York City to the top spot on the list of the most expensive cities in the world

Photo of the Statue of Liberty. (Credit: Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto—Getty Images)

This year has been difficult for the global economy, to say the least, as countries around the world experience record-high inflation. 

In the U.S. alone, the inflation rate hit 40-year highs, but the cost of living surged worldwide—which heavily factors into which cities made the cut for the annual list of the most expensive cities in the world, released by the Economist Intelligence Unit, a research and analysis division with the Economist Group.

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