Peru

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,... 2010-07-28

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... 2010-06-30

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... 2010-06-30

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... 2010-06-04

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... 2010-05-07

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... 2010-05-06

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