Big Mac Index July 2024 Usa. Published 9:00 am edt, thu october 3, 2024. The big mac index was invented by the economist in 1986 as a lighthearted guide to whether currencies are at their “correct” level.

The economist magazine’s big mac index uses the price of mcdonald’s big macs around the world, expressed in a common currency (u.s. Dollars between 13 different countries around the world, the eurozone, and the united states,.