The number of minutes an average American worker must work to earn one standard McChicken.
The McChicken Index is a novel economic indicator designed to capture real-price changes in American fast food. The index is an analytical signal for investors and economic researchers that reflects the pricing pressures on food spend put on every day Americans. The McChicken Index elaborates on the Economist's Big Mac Index by designing a methodology that incorporates LLM-driven real-time research into the index itself, providing a highly accurate and flexible indicator.
Minutes of Work to buy a standard McChicken
Median McChicken Price (12 US metro areas) / average hourly earnings * portion-normalized
No published survey data yet — the instrument runs Mon & Thu 08:00 UTC.
Panel price
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awaiting first survey
Portion spec
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official McDonald's data
Wage (AHETPI)
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BLS via FRED
Next survey
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Mon & Thu · 08:00 UTC
No published survey data yet — the instrument runs Mon & Thu 08:00 UTC.