![]() The government's numbers cannot be reflecting the actual price of a Big Mac - or, for that matter anything else anyone would purchase. In other words, because of inflation, everything is costing more to purchase.īut, and here is the real picture you need to see: If the government's numbers were accurate then the green line would be flat. Instead, the $2.43 price is some 22% higher than the 1986 price. After all, the ingredients are exactly the same as well as the labor (Labor costs would be factored in). ![]() Once you inflation-adjust the price of the Big Mac, as I did in the green line, that line - theoretically - would be as flat as a board. If you believed the government's numbers, your $1.80 Big Mac from 1986 costs only $2.43 today. The green line shows how much, inflation-adjusted, two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun would cost in 1986 dollars.
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