The "Big Mac" Index
A) is a popular example of a relative PPP index of a particular commodity.
B) is an absolute PPP index of the international value of the U.S. dollar based on a single commodity.
C) demonstrates the growth in international sales of the Big Mac starting in 1983.
D) has proven to be totally inconsistent with other more sophisticated PPP measures of Currency values.
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