During the first quarter of this year, the employed population in Metropolitan Lima reached 5 million 359,700 people, according to the INEI. Months ago, it was possible to recover the total working mass of the capital – which serves as a barometer of the Peruvian reality – compared to the pre-pandemic year and only that […]
Tag: basic family basket
76% of Peruvians do not have enough money for the month
76% of Peruvians say that it is difficult to assume monthly expensesalmost 8 out of 10 compatriots, according to the seventh wave of the study ‘1,000 Peruanos Say’ by Omnicom Media Group (OMG). In detail, 33% recognize that “they make it to the end of the month just fine”; 22% receive the same and had […]
Poverty in Peru: World Bank places this indicator at 32.2% in 2022
According to the latest update from the World Bank, poverty in Peru, at the end of 2022, covered 32.2% of compatriots, while 39.4% of Peruvians were located in the line of vulnerability. The first indicator remains above three points compared to 2019 and the second above two points, also in reference to the pre-pandemic period. […]
Egg rises S/1.20 in the last month and will continue to rise
The price of a kilo of eggs in Metropolitan Lima has registered an increase of S/1.21 in the last month, according to the Supply and Price System (SISAP) of the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri). As of January 17, at the retail level, it was at S/7.15 on average, while on last Friday, […]
Julio Velarde: “We are on the way to defeating inflation”
Inflation is on track to reach the target range – set between 1% and 3% – for the first half of 2024, according to the Central Reserve Bank (BCRP). In this way, the entity reported an adjustment in the projection of this indicator, going from 3.8% to 3.1% by the end of 2023, due to […]
ILO: Workers in poverty can increase
In Latin America and the Caribbean, the mass suffering from the “poor worker phenomenon” may continue to increase, as warned by the International Labor Organization (ILO) in the presentation of its ‘Labor Outlook 2023’ report. For Roxana Maurizio, expert in labor markets and coordinator of the report, This has to do with the low average […]
Food insecurity affects 6 out of 10 households
The food insecurity It has become one of the main problems faced by the most vulnerable Peruvian families as a result of the high cost of living and, above all, the products that make up the basic consumer basket. According to the latest national representation survey carried out by the Institute of Peruvian Studies (IEP), […]
Government would evaluate lemon imports to mitigate price rises
Lemon has been, in recent weeks, the product of the basic family basket that has risen the most in price. Between August 2 and September 4, its value has increased by more than S/7.50 per kilogram, which represents an increase of up to more than 167% in the Great Wholesale Market of Lima. In this […]
Food prices grew by 28% in the second quarter of the year
The unit price of the food that make up the family basket grew 28% in the second quarter of the year. While the consumption of Peruvian households rose by 1.7% in value and up to 11.8% in volume. In addition, the purchase frequency went from 80 to 86 times, but with lower volumes per occasion […]
Midagri: in June, the price of chicken fell more than 16% on average
In the last 3 months, the price of chicken in the retail markets of metropolitan Lima it reached peaks of more than S/13 per kilogram, mainly in April. As of May, a reversal in the upward trend was observed, and in June prices were below S/10 per kilogram, according to the Ministry of Agrarian Development […]