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Research by UBS; Review by City Mayors

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Los Angeles, Zurich and Miami
have strongest purchasing power
June 2018: Los Angeles is ranked first in the purchasing power index due to a combination of high average earnings and relatively low prices. The same applies to Miami, while the Swiss cities of Zurich and Geneva are ranked in the top-5 because of high average earnings, which compensate high prices. Apart from Luxembourg no other European city makes the top-ten in the UBS purchasing power index. Munich is placed 11th, Frankfurt 12th, Berlin 15th and Vienna 16th. Due to relatively high prices, London is ranked below such cities as Dublin, Tokyo and Stockholm.

Rank (Purchasing Power)	Cities	Rank (Earnings)	Rank (Prices)
1	Los Angeles	4	20
2	Zurich	2	1
3	Miami	8	25
4	Geneva	1	2
5	Luxembourg	3	15
6	Chicago	10	9
7	Toronto	11	29
8	Manama	35	39
9	Hong Kong	29	33
10	New York	7	5
11	Munich	12	23
12	Frankfurt	14	27
13	Sydney	16	11
14	Dubai	36	36
15	Berlin	18	30
16	Vienna	9	22
17	Dublin	19	17
18	Montreal	15	26
19	Doha	41	49
20	Tokyo	17	6
21	Auckland	25	13
22	Stockholm	13	14
23	London	24	8
24	Riyadh	39	60
25	Nicosia	34	38
26	Taipei	33	32
27	Oslo	6	3
28	Tel Aviv	32	19
29	Lyon	26	31
30	Copenhagen	5	4
31	Helsinki	20	10
32	Amsterdam	21	24
33	Paris	23	12
34	Barcelona	30	40
35	Rome	22	28
36	Madrid	31	34
37	Milan	27	7
38	Seoul	38	16
39	Santiago de Chile	45	48
40	São Paulo	43	52
41	Brussels	28	18
42	Ljubljana	37	43
43	Johannesburg	51	53
44	Tallinn	42	41
45	Hanoi	65	71
46	Rio de Janeiro	50	56
47	Warsaw	46	63
48	Lisbon	40	42
49	Kuala Lumpur	56	59
50	Bangkok	61	55
51	Panama City	48	21
52	Vilnius	53	57
53	Athens	44	37
54	Prague	47	50
55	Lima	59	61
56	Sofia	64	70
57	Bogotá	68	65
58	Bratislava	54	44
59	Moscow	63	54
60	Manila	69	74
61	Shanghai	58	47
62	Beijing	62	46
63	Budapest	57	64
64	Riga	60	58
65	Buenos Aires	52	45
66	Istanbul	67	67
67	Bucharest	55	66
68	St Petersburg	66	51
69	Zagreb	49	35
70	Mexico City	72	69
71	Mumbai	76	72
72	Nairobi	70	68
73	New Delhi	75	73
74	Kiev	73	75
75	Jakarta	74	62
76	Cairo	77	77
77	Lagos	71	76

Data source: UBS Prices and Earnings Survey 2018

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