Weekly Report - 18 May 2017 (WR-17-19)
PERU: Stuck in the mud
The Peruvian economy is waiting for a lift. But its squabbling politicians threaten to bog it down. As ever, economists were split on the highly-anticipated economic growth figures for March released by the national statistics institute (Inei). According to Inei, growth was 0.71% year-on-year in March (compared to 3.71% in March 2016), to give an overall first-quarter result of 2.08%.
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