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Zurich is now the second most expensive city in the world for the wealthy <\/p>\n
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Zurich is the second most expensive city in the world for high-net-worth individuals, behind Singapore, according to a ranking by Julius B\u00e4r bank.\n<\/p>\n
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Zurich climbed three places compared with last year, according to the latest Julius B\u00e4r Lifestyle Index. The index calculates the cost of maintaining an \u201cupmarket standard of living\u201d. The main reason for the rise is said to have been the appreciation of the Swiss franc.<\/p>\n
+ Switzerland\u2019s super-rich: essential contributors or social threat?<\/a><\/p>\n By global standards, home ownership, bicycles, handbags, healthcare services, laser eye surgery and spa treatments are particularly expensive in Zurich. Private schools, on the other hand, are comparatively affordable.<\/p>\n Singapore remained at the top of the list as the most expensive city for high-net-worth individuals. According to the study, this was due to high costs for home ownership and vehicles, as well as the strength of the Singapore dollar.<\/p>\n + Are most Swiss residents rich?<\/a><\/p>\n Monaco also features in the top three. Hong Kong comes in fourth place and London in fifth. Overall, the study found that the cost of living for the wealthy rose by an average of around 10% in US dollars worldwide last year, due to inflation and currency effects.<\/p>\n Sign of \u201cstability and confidence\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIn a globally interconnected world, exchange rates are increasingly determining the cost of living,\u201d conclude the study\u2019s authors. Zurich\u2019s rise, they say, stands \u201cfor the preservation of value in turbulent times\u201d and signals \u201cstability and trust\u201d to wealthy families.<\/p>\n The collection of index data was completed at the end of February 2026, and the survey concluded at the beginning of March. The effects of the war in Iran have therefore not been factored into the results.<\/p>\n More <\/p>\n Do you live in an expensive city? Do you have any good tips on how to save money? <\/p>\n Zurich and Geneva are in the top ten of the world\u2019s most expensive cities with Zurich, Paris and Hong Kong on top of the list.\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n View the discussion + How we produce English news<\/a> Articles in this story <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zurich is now the second most expensive city in the world for the wealthy Keystone-SDA Zurich is the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":681699,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[233,18467,84,1294,52566,913,54838,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-681698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-article","tag-beat-various","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-financial-and-business-service","tag-latest-news","tag-production-type-deepl-autotranslation","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=681698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/681699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=681698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=681698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=681698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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