Deutsche Bank Maps 69 Cities, Finding Tokyo Cheap as Tel Aviv Surges
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Updated · Seeking Alpha · Jul 13
Deutsche Bank Maps 69 Cities, Finding Tokyo Cheap as Tel Aviv Surges
3 articles · Updated · Seeking Alpha · Jul 13
Summary
Deutsche Bank’s 10th “Mapping the World’s Prices” survey says the global cost-of-living map has been fundamentally redrawn across 69 cities, with Tokyo now relatively cheap and Tel Aviv sharply higher.
Currencies, inflation and geopolitical conflict drove the reshuffle, reversing patterns seen since the study began in 2012 — a period the report describes as the era of “peak yen.”
The findings extend Deutsche Bank’s broader 2026 city-cost analysis, which earlier showed Zurich and Geneva pairing very high living costs with the world’s strongest disposable incomes.
Taken together, the surveys suggest headline prices alone no longer define urban affordability as exchange-rate swings and local shocks increasingly reshape relative costs.