Big Mac Index

Economy is the word, and in the world of business and personal finance, when there is an economic downturn such as the globe has experienced in the past four years, people need to find some markers for judging the impact of damage to global markets.  In other words, we need something that’s part Wall Street, and part Main Street, to gage it by.  Thankfully, there’s an answer:  The Big Mac Index.

Who would believe that the going price of a McDonald’s Big Mac could be any kind of reliable indicator of the strength of a country’s economy, and according to physician care direct, it even affects the cost of health care?  And yet, that is just what financial analysts say is true.  The cost of a Big Mac says some surprising things about the State of the Union.  Let’s have a look: