This week, marked by the celebration of Labor Day and the publication of business results, the advanced GDP data for Mexico and the inflation data for Peru for April are published. These are the economic keys that will mark the week in America: Monday 29 The National Institute of Statistics of Mexico publishes the indicators […]
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4 out of every 10 Peruvians are in precarious, poorly paid employment
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 […]
Unemployment in Metropolitan Lima increased in the first quarter of this year, according to the INEI
The latest technical report ‘Situation of the labor market in Metropolitan Lima’, prepared based on the data obtained from the Permanent National Employment Survey (EPEN, carried out by the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI), reported the increase in unemployment in the capital during the first three months of the year. The data show […]
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. […]
Private school pensions increase by more than 6%
By Susana Condado The Consumer Price Index (CPI) of metropolitan Lima rose by 1.01% during March, being higher than expected by the market consensus (0.76%), according to a Bloomberg survey. This increase in prices during the last month would be concentrated mainly in the education and food and non-alcoholic beverage sectors, whose incidence in the […]
Employed population in Lima rises 4.3%, but 1.7 million now earn less than the minimum wage
Similarly, in the moving quarter of December (2023), January and February (2024), the jobless population in Metropolitan Lima went from 403,600 citizens, a year ago, to the current 418,800 (+3.8%), according to the INEI. Join the La República WhatsApp channel Price of the dollar today in Peru: what is the exchange rate for this Saturday, […]
The average monthly income in Lima is S/1,982: Which sectors pay the most, according to INEI?
This level represents a progress of 8.1% compared to the similar period a year ago, and is 10.7% higher than the pre-pandemic level for that moving quarter. However, the gap between the salaries of men and women continues to widen. Join the La República WhatsApp channel Price of the dollar today in Peru: what is […]
Unemployment and job insecurity have a woman’s face
Economic data are one of the many bridges to understand gender gaps in Peru. From the serve, not only is there a lower participation of the women in the employed population, but they are also the most immersed in underemployment. 55% of the female workforce does not work a full weekly working day and/or earns […]
Fishing, the hardest hit sector in 2023, will not have a respite this year
In 2023, the Peruvian economy fell 0.6%, according to official data from the INEI, and the hardest hit productive sector was fishing, which fell 20%. This activity was affected by climatic phenomena, especially that of the industrial fishery, which is dedicated to the extraction of anchovy and contributes 80% to the fishing GDP. Nine months […]
Only 3 out of 10 workers are formal
With the recession, the general indicator of Peruvian employment fell 0.9%. According to the INEI, more than 157,000 positions were lost. The employed population, at the end of 2023, is 17 million 179,800. The Peruvian Institute of Economics (IPE) warns that the contraction is “the most critical figure in more than 20 years.” The formality […]