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The Big Mac Index, developed by The Economist magazine in 1986, is an economic tool designed to assess the relationship between exchange rates and the cost of living across different countries. Named after the globally recognized Big Mac hamburger from McDonald's, the index is based on the premise that this product is universally available and produced in a similar manner worldwide. The index serves to evaluate whether exchange rates are aligned with purchasing power parity (PPP), by comparing t