Inflation & Prices
Peru’s Inflation Spike Offers a Glimpse of Damage From Unrest
- Statistics agency to publish January price data at 10 a.m.
- Inflation expected to soar as roadblocks impair flow of goods
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Peru’s inflation is forecast to have jumped to the highest level in a quarter century as official data start to reflect the damage wrought by two months of social unrest and highway blockades.
The January report, due to be published Wednesday at 10 a.m. local time by the national statistics agency, is attracting greater-than-usual interest as economists try to gauge the impact of the most destructive protests to hit the copper-producing nation in decades.