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Big Mac index  

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  • The Big Mac Index compares the prices of McDonald's Big Mac burgers, a fast food item produced and sold in 120 countries worldwide, as an indicator of possible overvaluation or undervaluation of the local currency relative to the U.S. dollar. The tongue-in-cheek analyses give an easily digestible example of the economic theory on purchasing power parity (PPP) and its applicability in the practical sense. [Source: Encyclopedia of Business in Today's World; Big Mac Index]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-C3FNP7T5-L

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