The National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) reported that, during the first quarter of this year, the production of 17 apartments decreased compared to the same quarter of 2022. The Department of apurimac was the one that saw its productive performance most affected and decreased by 11.6% due to the drop in mining activity […]
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INEI: inflation to May fell to 7.89% in Lima, the lowest in 14 months
Annual inflation to May fell to 7.89% in Metropolitan Lima, the lowest in 14 months, while only in May it reached 0.32%, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI). Thus, in the fifth month of the year accumulates 2.67% of this indicator. Despite the setback, reaching the target range is unlikely and […]
Rising prices: which cities in Peru suffered the highest inflation in May?
In May, consumer prices increased in 21 of the 26 cities From Peru. The highest variations were registered in Chimbote (0.77%), Chiclayo (0.68%), moyobamba (0.67%) Trujillo (0.57%), Huánuco (0.56%) Cajamarca (0.52%) and Pucallpa (0.51%), according to the latest report from the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics ( INEI). In contrast, cities with falling prices […]
Construction would have fallen more than 10% in the first quarter
The construction it is the economic sector with the worst performance so far this year. In the first quarter, its production contracted 11.5%, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Information (INEI). Only in March it fell 12.4%, its lowest result since July 2020 (-12.8%). The negative trend would have continued in April, with […]
INEI: chronic malnutrition rose again after 12 years
Chronic malnutrition affected 11.7% of girls and boys under 5 years of age in the country, 0.2% more than in the bicentennial, while obesity and overweight rose 0.5%, according to the latest Demographic and Family Health Survey of the INEI. In addition, anemia increased in the population aged 6 to 35 months (+42.2%), 3.6% higher […]
INEI: underemployment grows and low-paid work increases by 50% as of April
For the last quarter —February, March and April— of 2023, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI), in metropolitan Lima 5 million 187,900 employed people were reported, of which only a little more than half (2 million 989,000) have a job in adequate conditions, while the rest continue in precarious conditions. Also, […]
INEI: national economy fell 0.43% in the first quarter of 2023
After the Peruvian economy registered falls of 1.02% and 0.51% respectively in January and February, it was able to grow in March of this year, but only 0.22%. Despite this, the Gross National Product (GDP) closed the first quarter of 2023 with a decrease of 0.43%, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics […]
Economy grows 0.22% in March and confirms fall of 0.43% in the first quarter
National production grew 0.22% in March; however, it accumulated a drop of -0.43% in the first quarter of 2023, reported the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) in the technical report National Production. He construction sectorin the first three months of the year, led the fall and fell -11.48%, only in March it decreased […]
Puno continues among the regions with 40% poverty
The recent report of the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) on monetary poverty in the 2022reveals that the Puno region together with Cajamarca, Huánuco, Ayacucho and Pasco exceed 40% poverty. While regarding extreme poverty, it ranks among the top three. According to the entity, 9 million 184 thousand Peruvians are in a situation […]
INEI: 1 in 3 Peruvians is at risk of falling into poverty
The monetary poverty in Peru it went from 25.9% in 2021 to 27.5% at the end of 2022, increasing by 1.6 percentage points from one period to another. Thus, a total of 9 million 184,000 Peruvians are considered poor, according to a report from the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI). In addition, within […]