At the local level, the markets woke up with some concern after the Minister of Economy and Finance, Alex Contreras, orchestrated a threat to resign that was later discarded after his meeting with President Dina Boluarte.
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The dollar exchange rate began to decline on the first Friday of 2024 and was close to S/3.71 on January 5, according to preliminary data from the Bloomberg international currency exchange portal.
The day before, the greenback had started its career at S/3.7345 and then progressed to the official closing of S/3.7280 set by the Central Bank of Peru (BCRP).
At the local level, the markets woke up with some concern after the Minister of Economy and Finance, Alex Contreras, orchestrated a threat to resign that was later discarded after his meeting with President Dina Boluarte.
At the international level, the US labor market was again much stronger than expected in December, with the creation of 216,000 jobs, compared to 173,000 in November, according to figures published on Friday by the Department of Labor.
For his part, China’s Finance Minister, Lan Fo’an, announced that the country will increase its fiscal spending this year to boost demand and reactivate the economy after a 2023 marked by uncertainty in the recovery after the years of ‘ zero covid’.
In addition, global food prices fell 13.7% in 2023 compared to the previous year, with a marked drop in vegetable oils and grains, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported on Friday. ).
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Source: Larepublica
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