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 […]
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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 […]
Food insecurity: up to 4 out of 10 Peruvians are malnourished
Until March of this year, the caloric deficit —which measures the amount of calories consumed for a home—in Peru it reached 35.4%, while in metropolitan Lima it amounted to 40.7%, according to data from the latest report on Evolution of Living Conditions from the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI). Thus, from an approximation […]
Fish falls, but chicken and egg prices rise again
The prices per kilogram of chicken and eggs rebounded again in various markets in the capital at the beginning of the penultimate week of June, while fish fell due to the moderation of the abnormal waves that were reported weeks ago. As verified by a team of The Republic, the price of chicken in the […]
Inflation will be above 3% in 2023, according to Citibank
By the end of 2022, an inflation rate of 8.46% was reported in Metropolitan Lima, the highest recorded in 30 years, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI). By April of this year, it has fallen to 7.97%, one of the lowest percentages in the last 12 months. At the end of […]
Chicken price reaches S/13.9 in markets
The price of chicken has increased by more than 8% so far in April. In the first fortnight it was sold in less than S/12.5 per kilogram and from the third week it exceeds S/13 per kilo in retail establishments of Metropolitan Limaaccording to the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (midagri). The meat of […]
When is a person considered poor and extremely poor in Peru?
The pandemic of COVID-19 raised the poverty figures in Peru due to the partial stoppage of the majority of economic activities. From that period to the present, considering the inflation of 2021 and 2022, the signs of an improvement to pre-pandemic levels are not the most encouraging. The data from the latest report from the […]
Chicken price continues to fall despite a 0.31% rise in inflation
During February of this year, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) of metropolitan Lima rose by 0.31%, while the accumulated variation of the first two months of the year 2022 was 0.35%, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI). The monthly result responds to the rise in prices in sectors such as recreation […]
Chicken and fish led price decline in Lima
The consumer price index (CPI) of metropolitan Lima closed in January 2022 with an advance of only 0.04%, the lowest since October 2020 when it grew 0.2%, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI). The good result, compared to December of last year when inflation rose 0.78%, has been reflected in the […]
As of October, inflation accumulates a growth of 5.23%
The consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.58% in October 2021 in metropolitan Lima; Thus, between January and October, inflation accumulates an advance of 5.23% and in annualized terms (November 2020-October 2021) registers a growth of 5.83%, as revealed by the INEI. Both the evolution of this year and the annualized rate are above the target […]