Peruvian economic activity took a notable boost in March 2018, increasing 3.93% year-on-year, much faster than the annual growth rate of 2.9% observed last February, highlights the latest report "LatinFocus Consensus Forecast" by FocusEconomics .
Peru's terms of trade saw an average 9.2% increase last April from the same period in 2017, marking 22 months of sustained growth, Central Reserve Bank (BCR) informed Wednesday.
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 economy will expand 3.7% this year and is expected to increase by 4% in 2019, according to the April 2018 World Economic Outlook released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday.
According to the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics of Peru INEI, non-traditional exports increased by 19.9% in the month of February 2018 compared to the same month of the previous year.