{"id":95,"date":"2007-10-04T13:06:29","date_gmt":"2007-10-04T17:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=95"},"modified":"2007-10-04T13:06:29","modified_gmt":"2007-10-04T17:06:29","slug":"brazil-has-the-worlds-most-expensive-ipod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/brazil-has-the-worlds-most-expensive-ipod\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil has the World’s Most Expensive iPod"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nTranslated from the BBC Brasil piece in Portuguese found here<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Brasil is the country that sells the most expensive iPod in the world, according to a new Commonwealth Bank of Australia index that compares global currencies and buying power across 55 countries, says news agency Reuters.<\/b><\/p>\n

In the same mold as the ‘Big Mac’ index release by The Economist<\/em> 20 years ago the bank compares the price of a 4GB video nano iPod and concludes that, in Brazil, the device costs US$369.91 (about $675 Reais).<\/p>\n

The least expensive iPod, according to the list, is sold in Hong Kong for US$148.12 (about R$270).<\/p>\n

The second most expensive country is Bulgaria, where the device is sold for US$318.60 (around R$582).<\/p>\n

Inside the Euro zone the iPod is also sold at different prices, the least expensive iPod being found in Greece, for US$196.51 (about R$359).<\/p>\n


\nResearch regarding buying power compares the price of a certain product in different countries and helps to show how a particular currency compares in value to another.<\/p>\n

Economist Craig James from the Commonwealth Bank told Reuters that the results show the dollar’s continued fall in relation to global currencies.<\/p>\n

“They also underline the effects of tariffs and import taxes in different countries. Brazilians and Argentinians, probably, will go outside the country to shop,” he explained.<\/p>\n

Argentina is the country with the third-highest price for an iPod. There the 4GB nano costs US$317.45 (about R$580).<\/p>\n

Editor’s note: The quotes from Craig James, it should be noted, are here presented as back-translated as his original comments were in English. This is a translation of the translation.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Translated from the BBC Brasil piece in Portuguese found here Brasil is the country that sells the most expensive iPod in the world, according to a new Commonwealth Bank of Australia index that compares global currencies and buying power across 55 countries, says news agency Reuters. In the same mold as the ‘Big Mac’ index…<\/p>\n

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