At its May monetary policy meeting, Central Bank of Peru (BCR) decided to keep the policy interest rate unchanged at 2.75%, the latest FocusEconomics' Consensus Forecast Latin Focus May report recalled.
Peruvian mining activity made up nearly 10% of national GDP and close to 62% of total exports value, thus becoming the Inca country's most important source of foreign currency in 2017, the Energy and Mines Ministry (MEM) reported.
Peru is the first Latin American country to host the World Potato Congress, whose 10th edition will take place in southern Cusco City on May 27-31, 2018.