Latin America’s Star Economy Races Toward a Technical Recession
- Peru’s economy set to post two quarters of negative growth
- Rally is over after Peru outpaced many peers this century
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Peru — Latin America’s fastest growing major economy this century — is facing what was once unthinkable: a technical recession at a time of global growth.
The Andean nation’s economy has contracted 0.5% in the first five months of the year, stunning economists and defying the government’s position that “Peru is back” after a period of intense political turmoil.