There are three recent dynamics that are defining the business environment. First, mining production has continued its downward trend in 2Q2022. Second, the purchasing power of the majority of families has deteriorated. Third, investment has been affected by the high political insecurity and the deterioration of public management.
This month has been marked by key milestones which are making the Government’s position more vulnerable, only eleven months into term. Among these, the fragmentation of the leading party’s Members of Congress, which is weakening the President’s capacity for negotiation in Congress, and the progress in the investigations by the Public Prosecutor into the president and his circle.
El último sondeo SAE, realizado entre el viernes 3 y martes 7 de junio, refleja la fuerte presión que enfrenta el sector privado tanto por el lado de la oferta como por el lado de la demanda.
Last month, new appointments were made in constitutionally and regulatory autonomous entities and in the Executive, favoring the balance of power. On the one hand, the election of the Constitutional Court judges and the appointment of the presidents of regulatory bodies show signs of stability, on the other hand, the appointments to the Cabinet send out ambiguous signals.
May saw an increase in concerns about global growth decelerating even further, for three main reasons.
The political environment in February was marked by the revelation of alleged cases of corruption in the presidential circle and by the swearing in of two Cabinets in less than two weeks.
In the first few months of the year, the limited impact from the third wave of COVID-19 infections has enabled the sectors that had been lagging behind to experience a rebound. As a matter of fact, we estimate that an important part of the growth of the first few months of the year will be explained by this “rebound” in the sales in retail and some services.
A casi dos años desde el inicio de la pandemia, la confianza de los consumidores en Lima Metropolitana continúa entrampada en niveles mínimos históricos.
In the first month of the year, successive crises have continued to drastically deteriorate the image and credibility of the Executive. The resignation of Prime Minister Mirtha Vásquez deepened the crisis within a Government that was already facing a series of challenges.
En el 2021, las ventas de vehículos nuevos se aproximaron a las 165 mil unidades (97% del nivel de 2019 y 39% más que en 2020), con un desempeño diferenciado por categorías y segmentos. Esto tuvo lugar en un contexto de alta volatilidad cambiaria y limitaciones de oferta, contrarrestado por un empleo formal privado que habría alcanzado niveles prepandemia hacia el 4T2021 y mayor liquidez de algunos hogares (retiros de AFP y CTS).
