The price of dollar It opened with a slight increase on Thursday, February 8, and stood at S/3.8461, according to Bloomberg. This means an advance of 0.11% compared to the close of the day before, when it was quoted at S/3.8420, according to the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP). So far this year, it has accumulated a variation of 3.64%.
At 10.30 am The US currency in the parallel market was at S/3.83 for purchase and S/3.86 for sale.. While in the banking market the purchase reached S/3,798 and the sale reached S/3,897 in the Banco de Crédito del Perú (BCP).
Internationally, the dollar rose but remained below 12-week highs reached this week as traders digested comments from monetary authorities from the previous session suggesting rates would remain higher for longer. Reuters reported.
On Wednesday, several officials from the Federal Reserve (Fed) They gave a number of reasons to feel little urgency to begin easing monetary policy in the United States soon, or to act quickly once they do.
“Central banks have to be convinced that inflation will not just go down, but stay low,” said Colin Asher, chief economist at Mizuho.
According to the CME Group’s FedWatch tool, the market values the probability that the Fed will begin cutting rates in March at around 20%, which represents a significant decrease since the beginning of the year, and around 60% the possibility of a reduction of 25 basis points in May.
The index dollar rose 0.2% to 104.23, after hitting 104.60 on Monday (Feb. 5), its highest level since Nov. 14, boosted by a strong U.S. jobs report released on Friday (Feb. 2). ).
Source: Larepublica
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