Peru’s economic performance is better only when compared to Argentina and Venezuela at the regional level, according to the recent World Competitiveness Rankingprepared by the Centrum PUCP and the Institute of Management Development (IMD) of Switzerland. The decline in this indicator is significant, considering that we went from position 40 to 53 in one year. […]
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Father’s Day will mobilize close to US$1,000 million
Father’s Day is the main celebration in June and the one that generates the highest sales expectations among merchants. Although the economic environment is not the most favourable, this campaign is expected to sell around US$1,000 million nationwide, he estimates. Daniel Hermosadirector of the Mype Studies Center. According to the union representative, the figure is […]
Peruvian GDP down: it fell 0.24% from January to April
The Peruvian economy grew just 0.31% during April of this year, as a symptom of the cooling of national production, considering that in the accumulated since January there is a contraction of 0.24%. The reasons? The arrival of El Niño Costero severely impacted the coast and mountains, precisely sectors such as agriculture, which plummeted 14.21% […]
Electromobility: Congress backs down on exonerations
The Economic Commission of the Congress of the Republic, chaired by rossangella barbaranfinally backed down in its attempt to grant more tax benefits to companies. And it is that yesterday, for the second consecutive session, the prediction of the law for the promotion and development of green transport and zero emissions was discussed, which sought […]
Minimum wage in Peru: how much has the RMV increased in the last 20 years and in which government was there the greatest increase?
The possibility of raising the minimum wage in Peru has been put on the table for debate again after the head of the Ministry of Labor and Employment Promotion (MTPE), Fernando Varela, indicated that they are preparing the technical aspect of the minimum living wage (RMV) to discuss it in National Labor Council and reach […]
Talara would generate more than US$135 million in profits for Petroperú a year
Petroperú would obtain a positive EBITDA of at least US$135 million each year, coming from the operation of blocks I, VI, Z-2B and X of Talara, over a 10-year horizon evaluated by the oil company itself based on the margins that he left the successful start-up of the first of them, where he was not […]
With Punche Peru 2: more than S/5,900 million to contain poverty
With almost 3 million new Peruvians who fell into poverty in 2022 —levels that are close to the pre-pandemic standard—, the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) is committed to a second list of targeted measures through the Con Punche Peru 2 program, which It will inject more than S/5,900 million for the delivery of […]
New AFP withdrawal: a demand that has been stagnant for a year
The pandemic accelerated the needs of Peruvians, and in the face of a market that brutally increased costs, the voluntary release of funds from the AFPs was an alternative to survive. In total, six withdrawals were authorized. And, despite controlling the threat of Covid-19from the middle of last year to date, a total of eight […]
Banks could not collect debts from salary accounts
When a user does not pay his credit card on time, the bank can collect from his salary account. Financial entities activate this mechanism if it has been established in the contract signed by both parties, explains the economist Enrique Diazalthough for some users this clause goes unnoticed. For this reason, Congresswoman Norma Yarrow (Avanza […]
Sales for Mother’s Day would reach S/2,300 million this year
The Mother’s Day campaign is the second largest after Christmas, and although there are great expectations that the figures for the previous year will be surpassed, this growth will not be homogeneous. At the national level, it is projected to reach S/2,300 million in sales, according to the Association of Shopping Centers of Peru (I […]