The dollar marked a new week of volatility that led it to break records since it rose in 2021 (10.28%) in the face of the political environment and international scenario. The currency showed a downward trend since last Monday, February 7, its lowest price -so far this year and the Government of Pedro Castillo- was […]
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BCRP: terms of trade index reaches historical maximum value in 2021
The Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP) reported that the terms of trade index reached the historical maximum value of 115.4 in 2021. This, thanks to higher export prices, whose index registered the value of 156. Meanwhile, import prices had an index of 135.2. “The terms of trade had an average annual increase of 11.8% […]
BCRP: “There are grounds for the sun to strengthen”
The dollar closed the week at S/ 3,776. It was during the second week of February that the exchange rate was located, for the first time in the government of Pedro Castillo, below the barrier of S/ 3.80, and could continue to decline, according to forecasts by the Central Bank of Peru Reserve (BCRP). So […]
Dollar in Peru: exchange rate opens lower and is quoted at S / 3,737
The exchange rate begins to fall this Friday, February 11, 2022 and is located at S / 3.7373, according to a Bloomberg report. In this way, the value of the US currency records a slight decrease in relation to the close of the session on Thursday, February 10, when it stood at S / 3.7400, […]
BCRP raised the reference interest rate to 3.50%
The directory of Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP) raised the benchmark interest rate to 3.50% as part of the normalization of monetary policy. It is worth emphasizing that this represents an increase of 50 basis points compared to January. This decision was made considering that the twelve-month inflation rate was 5.68% in January, temporarily […]
Dollar in Peru: Exchange rate closes at S/ 3,805, its lowest level in almost nine months
The price of the dollar closed lower and stood at S/ 3,805 in the operations of Wednesday, February 9, reaching its lowest level in almost nine months. The last time the US currency reached a lower price was on May 21, 2021, when it stood at S / 3,755, according to the report of the […]
Inflation in January was the lowest in the last 9 months, says the BCRP
Inflation in January reached 0.04%, the lowest in the last nine months, when in April 2021 it stood at 0.10%, according to the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP). In this way, the year-on-year rate of inflation decreased from 6.43% in December 2021 to 5.68% in January 2022, one of the lowest rates among the […]
Business expectations improved in January
In the first Monthly Survey of Macroeconomic Expectations for 2022 carried out by the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP)the businessmen consulted had a better perspective on the economy compared to December 2021. In this way, all the indicators of expectations at 3 and 12 months showed a recovery compared to the previous month, with […]
BCRP: Most business expectations improved in January 2022
In January of this year, most of the indicators of the current situation registered a fall, while all the indicators of expectationswith the exception of the situation of the company in three months, show a recovery compared to the previous month, according to the Monthly Survey of Macroeconomic Expectations carried out by the Central Reserve […]
BCRP: financial system and analysts reassess their GDP forecast for 2022 upwards
Economic analysts and the financial system raised their GDP growth projections for this year, in line with the dynamism of economic activity observed during the first three quarters of 2021, the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP). This information was shared through the recent “Report of the Monthly Survey of Macroeconomic Expectations: January 2022″, which […]