The exchange rate of the dollar it started downward again and was located around S/3.7661 at the opening of this Friday, April 21, according to the Bloomberg quotes portal.
The day before, the green bill had started its career at S/3.7695 and then de-escalated to S/3.7650 at the close on the official board of the Central Reserve Bank (BCRP).
This occurs while the World Bank estimates that, at the end of 2022, 31.8% of the Peruvian population is poor —a third of the total, considering that there are 10 million 812,000 people.
Although in the coming days he will give the specific figure on the poverty ratio for the third year of the pandemic, he specified that almost a million and a half citizens live in this situation or are at risk of falling: 700,000 Peruvians went from middle class to vulnerable and another 700,000, from vulnerable to poor.
At the international level, the US Federal Reserve (Fed) has seen a decrease in both the volumes and the demand for loans to individuals and companies in recent weeks, as recognized by the central bank in its so-called Beige Book.
For its part, copper prices extended their losses on Friday and were on track for a 2% weekly decline, on concerns about global economic growth and demand in China, the world’s largest consumer of metals.
Finally, the price of Texas intermediate oil (WTI) started this Friday with a rise of 0.39%, up to US$77.67 a barrel, as fear of a possible recession is once again becoming more present among investors.
Source: Larepublica
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