Peru

BMI View: Inflation data was published yesterday for the major Andean economies. In this article, we look across the board to assess the impact of price pressures upon Colombia, Peru... 2007-03-02

President Alan García has invited the leaders of the opposition to assist the council of ministers. In doing so, García gave the opposition the opportunity to take part in various... 2007-02-13

BMI View: Peru's consumer price inflation (CPI) surprised on the downside in January, largely due to the relatively stable price of food, combined with a decline in transport and... 2007-02-13

Former President Alberto Fujimori lost an appeal in early January in his fight against being extradited from Chile. As such, Peru remains confident that its extradition request will... 2007-01-12

We forecast that the trade and current account surpluses - both of which are set to post highs in 2006 - will narrow over the forecast period. In our view, import growth should remain... 2006-12-15

The benign inflationary environment allowed the Peruvian monetary authorities to keep rates on hold in their last meeting. Going forward, we believe that inflation will pick up over... 2006-12-08

BMI View: The Banco Central de Reserva del Peru (BCRP) kept its benchmark interest rate on hold for the seventh consecutive monthin November. The benchmark rate, which stood at... 2006-12-05

Peru's Congress has approved the García government's 2007 budget of PEN61.1bn (US$19.1bn). This was a 14.3% increase from the 2006 outlay, and is primarily the result of higher social... 2006-12-05

Data released by the Peruvian National Institute of Statistics (INEI) showed that real GDP growth slowed from August to September, coming in below consensus expectations.

Consumer price inflation continued on its downward trend in October. Inflation stood at 1.89% y-o-y, which is well within the Banco Central de Republica del Peru's (BCRP) target band... 2006-11-06