The Consumer Price Index (CPI) of metropolitan Lima decreased by 0.09% during May, thus continuing in the target range with 2.0%, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI). The result was mainly due to the lower prices recorded in the food and non-alcoholic beverage consumption division, with a variation of -0.84%. Along […]
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INEI: fishing sector grew 158.40% during April
The production of the fishing sector reached an increase of 158.40% in April, reported the INEI in its recent Conjunctural Advance of Economic Activity. The result is explained by the greater landing of species for indirect human consumption (anchovy for fishmeal and fish oil), reaching 778,000 tons—772,000 tons more than in April of last year. […]
Poverty reached 57.2% of Peruvian families led by women
The recession expanded the universe of nuclear households headed by a woman, as it shot up from 42%, in 2019, to 57.2%; while with respect to 2022, the increase was 3 percentage points (54.2%), according to the latest report from the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI). Thus, “The photograph of the poor home […]
More than 8.2 million Peruvians work in inadequate conditions
There are more than 600,000 people who have fallen into underemployment since 2019, according to the INEI. Join the WhatsApp channel Price of the dollar today in Peru: what is the exchange rate for this Wednesday, May 15 The MEF proposes subsidizing pensions if more AFP withdrawals are not approved The total number of working […]
4 out of 10 Lima residents are hungry due to lack of money
Hunger worsened in Metropolitan Lima, reflecting the growth of urban poverty during 2023, according to the INEI. The calorie deficit, which measures the insufficiency of calories acquired in a home to satisfy basic nutritional requirements, reached 43.5% of the capital’s population, and was just over 6 percentage points away from the national rate (36%). , […]
Food insecurity: 36.1% of Peruvians cannot afford food for good nutrition
Not only did monetary poverty increase in our country, but the calorie deficit also did so and reached 36.1% in the last quarter of 2023, according to official data from the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI). This indicator measures the amount of calories consumed by a household according to a reference standard that […]
INEI: The number of households headed by women increases
According to the report on the evolution of poverty in Peru carried out by the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI), poor nuclear households headed by women presented an increase of three percentage points compared to 2019, reaching 57 .2% in 2023. It is also observed that within these nuclear households led by women, […]
BCRP reduced its interest rate: what does it mean and how does it affect your pocket?
The Board of Directors of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru, headed by Julio Velarde, has decided to limit the interest rate to 5.75%. This change has left thousands of Peruvians wondering exactly what it means and how they can make the best of it. Given this, the economist, PUCP Finance Director and former Minister […]
José Arista on the rise in poverty: “Suddenly something could have been done”
After knowing the figures from the latest report from the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) on monetary poverty in Peru, the head of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), José Arista, blamed climate change and protests for the increase. of poverty, stating that “suddenly something could have been done. According to data […]
Extreme poverty in Peru would be at worse levels than in the pandemic
After the presentation of the monetary poverty data for the year 2023 was announced with great fanfare, for this Thursday, May 9, by the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI), the same entity was responsible for suspending it until next week the results, “for reasons of force majeure.” However, sources close to the INEI […]