Weekly Report - 19 June 2008 (ISSN 1741-7422)

PERU | Economy booming. The Peruvian economy is continuing to grow at an extraordinary rate; it expanded by 13.2% in April compared with a year earlier, according to the official statistics institute, Inei. This is the highest monthly growth rate for 13 years and brings 12-month growth to 9.57%. Growth was driven by construction (up 33.9%), fishing (28.8%) and manufacturing (16.5%).