Peru’s economy grows in November for first time since April
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s GDP saw positive growth in November after six months in the red, the government said on Monday, beating analyst forecasts and bringing some hope that the country could…
Analysts raise expectations for Peru’s 2022 inflation – central bank poll
LIMA – Analysts and market participants in Peru raised their expectations for the Andean country’s 2022 inflation on Friday, a monthly central bank survey showed, saying they now forecast an increase of…
Analysis: Peru’s mining execs ‘lose faith’ in gov’t despite moderate shift
By Marco Aquino LIMA – Peruvian mining executives who oversee some of the world’s largest copper mines are losing whatever slim thread of faith they may have had in left-wing President Pedro…
New effort to weaken Peru’s Castillo targets his vice president
By Marco Aquino LIMA – Even as Peru’s embattled president faces fresh corruption probes from prosecutors as well as an opposition-led Congress, some lawmakers are simultaneously aiming to take down his vice…
Peru’s central bank raises benchmark interest rate to 5.5%
LIMA – Peru’s central bank raised the country’s benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to 5.5% on Thursday, the eleventh consecutive hike, as authorities in the copper-producing Andean nation battle stubbornly…
Peru’s annual inflation rate hits 24-year high in April
By Marco Aquino LIMA – Peru’s annual inflation rate hit 7.96% in April, its highest level in 24 years, as the copper-producing Andean nation grapples with protests over rising food and energy…
In Peru’s slums, chicken off the menu as soup kitchens struggle with inflation
By Daniel Becerril and Miguel Lo Bianco LIMA -In the hilly slums of Peruvian capital Lima, soup kitchens struggle to feed some of the Andean nation’s poorest and most vulnerable residents, cutting…
Peru’s monthly inflation hits 26-year high in March
LIMA -Peru’s inflation hit in March its highest level in more than two decades, the government said on Friday, driven by rising global fuel and food prices amid the conflict between Russia…
Peru’s Castillo survives impeachment vote in Congress
By Marco Aquino LIMA -Peruvian President Pedro Castillo survived on Monday an impeachment vote in Congress that fell short of the votes needed to oust the leftist leader eight months after he…
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