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The Big Mac index was devised by Pam Woodall of The Economist in 1986, as a light-hearted guide to whether currencies are at their "correct" level.

 


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In 1986, The Economist newspaper introduced the Big Mac Index as a kind of shorthand to measure the accuracy of currency exchange rates. What began as a joke has become a rather good economic tool.

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Big Mac Index
An index of PPP exchange rates based solely on the prices of the Big Mac sandwich in McDonald's restaurants around the world, published each spring by the Economist.
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Perhaps the most famous example of purchasing power parity was given by the Economist Magazine as the Big Mac index.

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