Peru
Economy
Peruvian congresswoman and presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori has taken the lead ahead of the presidential election due to be held in April 2011. Opinion poll results show that 22%...
2010-07-28Economy
The Peruvian economy continues to fire on all cylinders, with recently released data showing real GDP expanding 9.2% year-on-year in May. Through the first five months of the year,...
2010-07-28Economy
While consumer price inflation remains relatively benign, coming in at 1.0% y-o-y in May, it is important to note that upward price pressures have continued to build since the end of...
2010-06-30Economy
In a further development which reinforces the still fragile state of social stability in Peru, workers at at Doe Run Peru's diversified metal smelter at La Oroya blocked access to a...
2010-06-30Economy
Following the IMF's forecast for Peru's real GDP growth to reach 7% this year, Nicolás Eyzaguirre, director of the organisation's Western Hemisphere Department, has said that the...
2010-06-04Economy
The decision to pre-empt inflation and begin hiking interest rates in Peru on May 6 reflects the central bank's confidence in Peru's strong economic outlook in the near term. With...
2010-05-07Economy
Allegations of corruption against the joint secretaries of the incumbent Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana (APRA) are taking their toll, with one of the accused submitting...
2010-05-06Economy
Peruvian President Alan García has guaranteed that his government will reconstruct infrastructure in areas of the country's Cusco province severely damaged during flooding in late...
2010-02-05




