The Minister of Economy and Finance, Alex Contrerasannounced this morning that the Executive will launch With Punche Peru 2. This set of measures will be implemented in the second half of the year, between July and December. “It will have the same approach to reactivate the family economy, to reactivate the regions, to generate a […]
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MEF publishes regulations of the Law for the Promotion and Strengthening of Aquaculture
The Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) published the regulation with the tax provisions related to Income Tax (IR) and anticipated recovery of the General Sales Tax (IGV) contained in the Law No. 31666Law for the Promotion and Strengthening of Aquaculture. The main measures contained in Supreme Decree No. 092-2023-EF establish an IR rate of […]
Mothers undertake from art and conservation
The preservation of nature and the conservation of flora and fauna are the main inheritance that the mothers of the Corosha district seek to leave their children. In the heart of the Peruvian jungle is this peasant community, located in the province of Bongará, in Amazonas. They are part of the Golden Bear Association, where […]
Poorer households reduced their spending and inequality widens
It is not a secret that the pandemic shook all the socioeconomic dimensions of Peru. As a result, we are witnessing how poverty has advanced and now subdues almost 10 million compatriots, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI). What is the most serious symptom of the matter? The poorest Peruvians spent […]
BCRP: inflation would normalize in February 2024
Inflation in April finally fell below the 8% threshold, after touching its maximum peak in almost three decades at the end of 2022. Along these lines, the president of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP), Julio Velarde, assured that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) —that is, the cause of the headache in the household […]
Arequipa puts US$1,263 million investment in Zafranal at risk
The Regional Government of Arequipa (GRA) published a statement that begins the process to cancel the usufruct of 12,207 hectares in favor of the Zafranal mining company. In this extensive area, between the provinces of Castilla and Caylloma, said company plans to exploit copper deposits. The decision of the Arequipa institution, through its attached unit […]
Congress seeks that affiliation to the pension system be voluntary
Within the framework of the discussion for a pension reform, the working group in charge of carrying out a study of the proposals for the improvement of the Peruvian pension system of the Congress He presented —preliminarily— the principles that the new scheme should have. voluntary system The first advance presented by this subgroup of […]
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 […]
MEF hopes that Peru will be part of the OECD before 2026
The Minister of Economy and Finance, Alex Contrerasassured that Peru’s goal is to be a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) before 2026. During his presentation before the Special Commission for Monitoring the Incorporation of Peru into the OECD (CESIP-OECD) of Congress, the head of the MEF said that the great […]
Mypes can receive up to S/90,000 at affordable rates
99% of the companies in Peru are micro and small (mypes) and, therefore, are elementary in the economy since they provide more than 80% of employment nationwide, according to the INEI. And, despite its importance, the mypes have insured on more than one occasion that in programs such as Reactiva Peru or the FAE have […]