The weak American dollar and strong European and Asian currencies helped make Tokyo and London the most expensive cities in the world, according to a recent survey. American cities were absent from the top 10, with the most expensive U.S. city, New York, dropping two spots from last year to 12 in the survey of 144 urban areas made by Mercer Human Resource Consulting. Moscow ranked in third place, with Osaka and Hong Kong rounding out the top five most expensive cities.

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最近一项调查显示，美元的疲软和欧洲、亚洲货币的坚挺使得东京和伦敦成为世界上消费水平最高的城市。 在Mercer人力资源顾问公司对144座城市的调查中，美国的城市退出了前十位，美国消费水平最高的城市纽约比去年降低了两位，排在第十二位。莫斯科排在第三位，和大坂、香港一同成为全球五大消费水平最高的城市。