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$15 Big Macs: As inflation drives up fast food prices, map shows how they differ nationwide (www.usatoday.com)
submitted 8 months ago by jeffw to c/business
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[–] BigTrout75 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

So are Big Macs are our gold standard now? Guess I'll stop paying attention to barrel prices of crude oil.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

I mean, the Big Mac index has been around since 1986, so not exactly a new concept

[–] jeffw 2 points 8 months ago

As another commenter said, the Big Mac index has been used by economists.

Not sure why you’d use crude oil in a discussion about fast food prices though?