{"id":11376,"date":"2011-11-22T08:00:16","date_gmt":"2011-11-22T14:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quechilero.com\/blog\/?p=11376"},"modified":"2011-11-22T08:00:16","modified_gmt":"2011-11-22T14:00:16","slug":"el-indice-big-mac-en-guatemala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quechilero.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/22\/el-indice-big-mac-en-guatemala\/","title":{"rendered":"El \u00edndice Big Mac en Guatemala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_UKLncvGxQ8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=es-ES&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Recientemente, tuve la oportunidad de comprobar y documentar directamente, un fen\u00f3meno econ\u00f3mico: <em>\u00abel cambio del \u00edndice Big Mac en Guatemala\u00bb<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Antes de entrar en materia, hablemos del\u00a0\u00ab<a title=\"El \u00cdndice Big Mac\" href=\"http:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C3%8Dndice_Big_Mac\" target=\"_blank\">\u00edndice Big Mac<\/a>\u00ab. Explicado en pocas palabras, lo podemos definir como un estudio no cient\u00edfico, que permite comparar el <em>poder adquisitivo<\/em> de los distintos pa\u00edses en donde se vende el Big Mac.<\/p>\n<p>Para determinar este <em>poder adquisitivo<\/em>\u00a0se basa en el PPA (paridad del poder adquisitivo), que afirma que <em>un dolar, debe comprar la misma cantidad de bienes y servicios en cualquier pa\u00eds<\/em>. De esta forma, se puede determinar, no cient\u00edficamente, que el tipo de cambio en los pa\u00edses es el correcto o si la moneda nacional est\u00e1 subvaluada o sobrevalorada.<\/p>\n<p>Simplificando el concepto: Si en Estados Unidos, con un dolar, por ejemplo, compro una gaseosa, en Guatemala, deber\u00eda de comprar la misma gaseosa con el equivalente a un dolar, en la moneda nacional. Si el precio coincide, hay <em>paridad<\/em>, si es mayor o menor, entonces la moneda no se encuentra en el tipo de cambio correcto.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Como he mencionado anteriormente, esta es una medici\u00f3n no cient\u00edfica, porque intervienen muchos factores externos que pueden modificar este valor, incluso el tipo de cambio es afectado por diferentes circunstancias, adem\u00e1s no se toma en cuenta el PIB, pero nos da una primera impresi\u00f3n muy general, de la econom\u00eda de los pa\u00edses.<\/p>\n<p>Resulta que el <em>\u00edndice Big Mac en Guatemala<\/em>, aument\u00f3. En estos d\u00edas, subi\u00f3 el precio el <em>men\u00fa de Big Mac<\/em>\u00a0en un 2.94%, lo que equivale a Q.1.00. Seg\u00fan el Banco de Guatemala, el tipo de cambio para la fecha del aumento fue de <a title=\"\u00cdndice Big Mac en Guatemala\" href=\"http:\/\/www.banguat.gob.gt\/cambio\/historico.asp?ktipo=3&amp;kdia=10&amp;kmes=11&amp;kanio=2011&amp;submit1=Consultar\" target=\"_blank\">Q.7.806 por $.1.00<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Con esto en mente podemos calcular, el d\u00eda 8 de noviembre de 2011, el men\u00fa de Big Mac ten\u00eda un precio de Q.34.00 ($.4.36), a partir del 10 de noviembre de 2011, el men\u00fa de Big Mac tiene un precio de Q.35.00 ($.4.48)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s392.photobucket.com\/albums\/pp7\/pepejaguar\/blog\/?action=view&amp;current=indice-big-mac.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i392.photobucket.com\/albums\/pp7\/pepejaguar\/blog\/indice-big-mac.jpg?w=560\" alt=\"\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>En este momento, en los Estados Unidos, <a title=\"El Indice Big Mac\" href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/blogs\/dailychart\/2011\/07\/big-mac-index\" target=\"_blank\">el Big Mac tiene un valor de $.4.07<\/a>. De lo anterior podr\u00edamos deducir que <em>el Quetzal<\/em>, como moneda, est\u00e1 subvaluada \u00a0con respecto al D\u00f3lar, esto quiere decir, que estamos pagando un 10.07% mas, del valor de esta comida y si lo extrapolamos al tipo de cambio, \u00e9ste deber\u00eda de estar en Q.7.092 x $1.00, lo que seg\u00fan el\u00a0<em>\u00edndice Big Mac<\/em>, tendr\u00eda que ser la relaci\u00f3n del Quetzal con respecto al D\u00f3lar.<\/p>\n<p><em>Bonus Track<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Aprovechando que estamos en esto, si las <em>facturas<\/em>\u00a0son documentos tan importantes, \u00bfcomo es posible que se impriman con una mala calidad?. Podemos observar en la imagen anterior, la que se encuentra a la izquierda, tiene varias partes borrosas, porque al ser colocada en la bandeja, \u00e9sta toco el vaso de la bebida y se moj\u00f3, independientemente de esto, si no son estrictamente archivadas, muy dif\u00edcilmente se conservar\u00e1n en buenas condiciones durante todo el per\u00edodo, del ejercicio fiscal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recientemente, tuve la oportunidad de comprobar y documentar directamente, un fen\u00f3meno econ\u00f3mico: \u00abel cambio del \u00edndice Big Mac en Guatemala\u00bb. Antes de entrar en materia, hablemos del\u00a0\u00ab\u00edndice Big Mac\u00ab. Explicado en pocas palabras, lo podemos definir como un estudio no cient\u00edfico, que permite comparar el poder adquisitivo de los distintos pa\u00edses en donde se vende &#8230; <a title=\"El \u00edndice Big Mac en Guatemala\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/quechilero.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/22\/el-indice-big-mac-en-guatemala\/\" aria-label=\"Leer m\u00e1s sobre El \u00edndice Big Mac en Guatemala\">Leer m\u00e1s<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[10,42,53],"series":[],"class_list":["post-11376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-limones","tag-guatemala","tag-palabra","tag-youtube"],"episode_featured_image":false,"episode_player_image":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/quechilero.com\/blog\/imagenes\/podcast.png?fit=1831%2C1831&ssl=1","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"amazon":{"key":"amazon","url":"","label":"Amazon","class":"amazon","icon":"amazon.png"},"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"castbox":{"key":"castbox","url":"","label":"CastBox","class":"castbox","icon":"castbox.png"},"deezer":{"key":"deezer","url":"","label":"Deezer","class":"deezer","icon":"deezer.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"listen_notes":{"key":"listen_notes","url":"","label":"Listen Notes","class":"listen_notes","icon":"listen-notes.png"},"pandora":{"key":"pandora","url":"","label":"Pandora","class":"pandora","icon":"pandora.png"},"podbean":{"key":"podbean","url":"","label":"Podbean","class":"podbean","icon":"podbean.png"},"podcast_republic":{"key":"podcast_republic","url":"","label":"Podcast Republic","class":"podcast_republic","icon":"podcast-republic.png"},"rss":{"key":"rss","url":"","label":"RSS","class":"rss","icon":"rss.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"stitcher":{"key":"stitcher","url":"","label":"Stitcher","class":"stitcher","icon":"stitcher.png"},"tunein":{"key":"tunein","url":"","label":"TuneIn","class":"tunein","icon":"tunein.png"},"youtube":{"key":"youtube","url":"","label":"YouTube","class":"youtube","icon":"youtube.png"},"iheartradio":{"key":"iheartradio","url":"","label":"iHeartRadio","class":"iheartradio","icon":"iheartradio.png"},"ivoox":{"key":"ivoox","url":"","label":"iVoox","class":"ivoox","icon":"ivoox.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/quechilero.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/si-la-vida-nos-da-limones","embedCode":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"p9K4nal5Mp\"><a href=\"https:\/\/quechilero.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/22\/el-indice-big-mac-en-guatemala\/\">El \u00edndice Big Mac en Guatemala<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/quechilero.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/22\/el-indice-big-mac-en-guatemala\/embed\/#?secret=p9K4nal5Mp\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" title=\"\u00abEl \u00edndice Big Mac en Guatemala\u00bb \u2014 Si la Vida nos da Limones...\" data-secret=\"p9K4nal5Mp\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! 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