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The Economist Big Mac Index. Burger problems for Trump

In Uncategorized on August 1, 2025 by kmflett

with very few exceptions, and this won’t surprise those (like myself) who are not fans, McDonalds Big Mac is pretty the same product the world over.

The Economist has long used this to compile an index based on Big Mac prices for economic comparisons. The specific interest in the summer of 2025 is how much difference the Trump tariffs are having on the Big Mac prices in countries Trump doesn’t like (that clearly varies like the weather). So far he evidence suggests, perhaps unsurprisingly is not much..

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