Published 29 January 2026
Discover how inflation and currency shifts are reshaping cost of living indices worldwide, and what it means for your assignees in 2026.
Published 21 December 2015
Published 24 September 2015
Published 12 January 2024
Cost of Living indices are an invaluable tool for global mobility teams. However, when indices are updated to reflect changes in living costs between two locations, assignees may have questions about the updates.
Published 07 December 2022
The ringgit's weakness against the US dollar has offset the impact of inflation in Kuala Lumpur, causing it to drop in the global rankings.
Published 05 November 2015
Published 13 October 2025
As exchange rates shift and the US dollar faces its steepest decline in decades, find out what these currency trends mean for 2025 cost of living indices and international assignee budgets.
Published 25 March 2026
Early signals from currency movements and inflation trends highlight where March 2026 cost of living indices are likely to rise, fall or remain volatile.
Published 14 June 2024
Canned corned beef, camera film, DVD hire and MP3 player - all items once included in ECA's cost of living basket, representative of consumer tastes in their time which have since fallen out of favour. Here we look at how ECA's cost of living team ensures the basket is always...