Index

Measure of development – whether the trend of the consumer goods prices (price index of consumer goods) or the trend of the rates on the securities markets. Today, almost everything in the money and capital markets is measured and the development of values monitored (the “Big Mac Index” has been monitoring since 1986 the “Big Mac” prices in 100 countries worldwide, which converted into the US dollar measure the purchasing power of the respective currencies). The diversity of the indices allows comparing various selected markets and market segments to each other.