The Big Mac Index uses the humble burger to decode global currency shifts and hidden price pressures. It’s economic theory served with a clever side of insight. Stacey Leasca is an award-winning ...

The Big Mac index reveals inflation is underestimated; Big Mac prices have risen 163% since 2000, while official inflation is only 85%. Technological advancements and hedonic adjustments skew ...

America’s import duties just keep rising. On August 1st levies on more than 20 countries, plus the European Union, will take effect unless they negotiate deals in the meantime. On July 14th President ...

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho and Boise keep growing, despite inflation. But are housing costs rising faster than the cost of basic needs or basic wants (specifically, the average fast food burger)? Boise ...

Big Mac prices vary dramatically across the United States, ranging from as low as $4.36 in Austin, Texas, to over $7.06 in Seattle, Washington, according to a 2025 CashNetUSA report that analyzed ...

EACH YEAR a typical American worker can afford more than six times as many Big Macs at home as a worker in Mexico can. That gap is the point of The Economist’s McWages index, which translates pay into ...

The Big Mac has been around for so long, it's basically a staple of American fast food. Launched in the U.S. in 1967, nearly two decades after the first McDonald's restaurant opened, the fast food ...

From Alabama to Wyoming, this is what you’ll pay for the fan-favorite burger in 2025. (And yes, it still costs less than $5 in some cities.) Nicolette is a lifestyle writer based in Brooklyn, NY.