Big Mac Index
2009-07-21 13:12, Edited at: 2010-06-11 12:18Please note: Community posts are written by its members and not by Redeye’s research department. As a reader you’re always encouraged to critically analyze the content.
I denna vecka publicerar tidskriften The Economist igen sitt populara index.
En Bic Mac i USA kostar $3.75
I Sverige $4.93
I Norge $6.15
I Thailand $1.89
Jag anvander indexet for att se vad en utgift i t.ex. Thailand kostar en thailandare i kop-kraft.
Jag vet inte om det gar att anvanda indexet sa men
Jag far fram att hyr jag ett hotell rum for 1 000 bath per natt, sa blir det for mig 250 svenska kronor.
For en thailandare blir en summa motsvarande 1 500 kronor med tanke pa vad en genomsnittlig thailandare tjanar och har att rora sig med och med utganspunkt av vad en Big Mac kostar i hans land.
The Economist egen forklaring av sitt index som inte skall tas for allvarligt men som anda ar det basta (?) for att mata varldens valutor och kopkraften for dessa:
Burgernomics is based on the theory of purchasing-power parity, the notion that a dollar should buy the same amount in all countries. Thus in the long run, the exchange rate between two countries should move towards the rate that equalises the prices of an identical basket of goods and services in each country. Our "basket" is a McDonald's Big Mac, which is produced in about 120 countries. The Big Mac PPP is the exchange rate that would mean hamburgers cost the same in America as abroad. Comparing actual exchange rates with PPPs indicates whether a currency is under- or overvalued.
Svenska kronan ar 38 procent "overvalued" och den norska + 72 procent.
Den thailandska bathen "undervalued" med 47 procent.