Explore the Big Mac Index, a unique measure of purchasing power parity that compares currency valuations using the global ...

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 apparently has a ...

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 ...

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 ...