ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL DATA FOR PERU
Updated daily. Last update				January 26, 2009
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SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Date of Latest Data	Latest Data	Previous Data	Change of Latest Data Over a Year Ago(%)	Change of Previous Data Over a year Ago(%)	More Information
REAL SECTOR
National Accounts
Gross domestic product (real)	Millions of nuevos soles at 1994 prices	Q3/08	46 948	50 014	9,5	11,0	Table N° 94
Private consumption (real)	Millions of nuevos soles at 1994 prices	Q3/08	31 662	34 292	8,9	9,0	Table N° 94
Public consumption (real)	Millions of nuevos soles at 1994 prices	Q3/08	4 008	3 760	6,1	5,5	Table N° 94
Gross domestic investment (real)	Millions of nuevos soles at 1994 prices	Q3/08	13 639	14 152	27,6	33,2	Table N° 94
Exports (real)	Millions of nuevos soles at 1994 prices	Q3/08	9 996	9 020	6,8	11,1	Table N° 94
Imports (real)	Millions of nuevos soles at 1994 prices	Q3/08	12 357	11 210	23,4	28,4	Table N° 94
Gross domestic product (nominal)	Millions of nuevos soles	Q3/08	94 123	97 777	12,4	12,1	Table N° 95
Private consumption (nominal)	Millions of nuevos soles	Q3/08	58 913	62 410	15,5	15,0	Table N° 95
Public consumption (nominal)	Millions of nuevos soles	Q3/08	8 620	7 942	12,6	11,3	Table N° 95
Gross domestic investment (nom.)	Millions of nuevos soles	Q3/08	25 929	26 543	38,4	33,6	Table N° 95
Exports (nominal)	Millions of nuevos soles	Q3/08	28 561	26 395	6,5	11,4	Table N° 95
Imports (nominal)	Millions of nuevos soles	Q3/08	27 900	25 513	36,4	43,9	Table N° 95
Production index
Production index	Index 1994=100	Nov/08	190,5	196,2	5,1	8,7	Table N° 75	181
Labor Market
Employment	Index Oct. 1997=100	Oct/08	152,7	150,1	7,6	7,7	Table N° 83
Unemployment rate*	Percentage of labor force	Dec/08	8,1	7,9	n.a.	n.a.	Table N° 85
Nominal salaries (Urban Peru)	Nuevos soles	SA2/07	2 859	2 832	1,8	0,0	Table N° 82
Nominal wages (Urban Peru)	Nuevos soles	SA2/07	1 020	1 004	4,0	-2,1	Table N° 82
Prices
Consumer price index	Dec. 2001 = 100	Dec/08	122,5	122,0	6,7	6,7	Table N° 61
Producer price index	1994=100	Dec/08	198,5	200,2	8,8	10,7	Table N° 61
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Date of Latest Data	Latest Data	Previous Data	Change of Latest Data Over a Year Ago(%)	Change of Previous Data Over a year Ago(%)	More Information
PUBLIC SECTOR
General Government Operations
I.   Current revenues	Millions of nuevos soles	Q3/08	19 936	21 441	17,8	8,1	Table N° 118
II.  Non-financial expenditures	Millions of nuevos soles	Q3/08	17 315	14 865	26,0	26,3	Table N° 118
III.  Other 1/	Millions of nuevos soles	Q3/08	162	55	10,6	-22,2	Table N° 118
IV. Primary balance (I-II+III)	Millions of nuevos soles	Q3/08	2 784	6 631	-16,2	-18,5	Table N° 118
V. Interest payments	Millions of nuevos soles	Q3/08	1 571	1 039	-6,4	-17,6	Table N° 118
VI. General Government Overall balance (IV-V)	Millions of nuevos soles	Q3/08	1 213	5 593	-26,2	-18,7	Table N° 118
VII. Non-Financial Public Sector Overall balance (IV-V)	Millions of nuevos soles	Q3/08	1 376	5 251	-21,9	-25,6	Table N° 116
Net financing	Millions of nuevos soles	Q3/08	-1 376	-5 251	-21,9	-25,6	Table N° 116
External	Millions of nuevos soles	Q3/08	383	631	45,3	-173,1	Table N° 116
Domestic  2/	Millions of nuevos soles	Q3/08	-1 759	-5 884	-26,0	-5,3	Table N° 116
Privatization	Millions of nuevos soles	Q3/08	0	2	-100,0	-87,1	Table N° 116
Central Government Operations
I.  Current revenue	Millions of nuevos soles	Nov/08	4 778	5 674	-6,3	11,8	Table N° 86
II. Non-financial expenditure	Millions of nuevos soles	Nov/08	3 964	4 680	3,5	22,7	Table N° 86
III. Capital revenues  3/	Millions of nuevos soles	Nov/08	3	55	-85,4	127,0	Table N° 86
IV. Interest payments	Millions of nuevos soles	Nov/08	299	536	-38,9	11,1	Table N° 86
V. Overall balance (I-II+III-IV)	Millions of nuevos soles	Nov/08	517	513	-35,2	-36,2	Table N° 86
Net financing	Millions of nuevos soles	Nov/08	-517	-513	-35,2	-36,2	Table N° 86
Foreign	Millions of nuevos soles	Nov/08	63	-113	-132,5	-97,8	Table N° 86
Domestic 2/	Millions of nuevos soles	Nov/08	-580	-530	-4,6	-112,3	Table N° 86
Privatization	Millions of nuevos soles	Nov/08	0	130	-100,0	1 595,2	Table N° 86
Memo:
Primary balance 4/	Millions of nuevos soles	Nov/08	816	1 049	-36,6	-18,5	Table N° 86
Central Government Debt
Total gross central government debt  5/	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08	30 024	30 572	n.a.	n.a.	Table N° 126
Public sector external debt 6/	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08	18 529	18 800	n.a.	n.a.	Table N° 126
Public sector domestic debt 7/	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08	11 495	11 773	n.a.	n.a.	Table N° 126
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Date of Latest Data	Latest Data	Previous Data	Change of Latest Data Over a Year Ago(%)	Change of Previous Data Over a year Ago(%)	More Information
FINANCIAL SECTOR
Analytical Accounts of the Banking Sector
Monetary aggregates  8/	Millions of nuevos soles	Dec/15/08	112 655	110 475	25,6	27,3	Table N° 18
Net domestic credit to the public sector 9/	Millions of nuevos soles	Dec/15/08	-42 895	-42 850	n.a.	n.a.	Table N° 18
Domestic credit to the private sector	Millions of nuevos soles	Dec/15/08	92 644	91 917	21,8	34,4	Table N° 18
Gross foreign assets	Millions of U.S. dollars	Dec/15/08	32 774	32 648	17,8	19,8	Table N° 18
Gross foreign liabilities	Millions of U.S. dollars	Dec/15/08	1 840	2 172	-34,1	-24,1	Table N° 18
Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank
Monetary Base	Millions of nuevos soles	Jan/15/09	20 560	23 616	20,1	31,1	Table N° 19
Net domestic claims on the public sector 10/	Millions of nuevos soles	Jan/15/09	-36 795	-35 937	n.a.	n.a.	Table N° 19
Central Bank rediscounts	Millions of nuevos soles	Jan/15/09	0	0	n.a.	n.a.	Table N° 19
Gross foreign assets	Millions of U.S. dollars	Jan/15/09	30 608	30 972	5,1	9,3	Table N° 19
Gross foreign liabilities	Millions of U.S. dollars	Jan/15/09	31	37	6,7	16,2	Table N° 19
Interest Rates
Rediscount rate of Central Bank 11/	Percent per year	May/02/02	3,0	10,0	n.a.	n.a.	BCRP
CDBCRP interest rates  11/
CDBCRP - 1 day	Percent per year	Jan/16/08	4,65	4,79	n.a.	n.a.	BCRP
CDBCRP - 2 days	Percent per year	Oct/31/07	4,74	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
CDBCRP - 3 days	Percent per year	Jan/11/08	5,10	4,97	n.a.	n.a.	BCRP
CDBCRP - 4 days	Percent per year	Oct/05/07	4,85	4,51	n.a.	n.a.
CDBCRP - 6 days	Percent per year	Jun/22/05	3,00	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	BCRP
CDBCRP - 7 days	Percent per year	Mar/12/07	4,60	4,60	n.a.	n.a.
CDBCRP - 8 days	Percent per year	Dec/18/06	4,54	2,85	n.a.	n.a.	BCRP
CDBCRP - 32 days	Percent per year	Mar/08/07	4,69	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
CDBCRP - 33 days	Percent per year	Mar/09/07	4,70	4,69	n.a.	n.a.
CDBCRP - 38 days	Percent per year	Oct/12/04	3,18	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	BCRP
CDBCRP - 76 days	Percent per year	Jan/21/04	2,62	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	BCRP
CDBCRP - 361 days	Percent per year	Mar/08/07	5,09	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
CDBCRP - 1 week	Percent per year	Jan/11/08	5,27	5,06	n.a.	n.a.	BCRP
CDBCRP - 2 weeks	Percent per year	Mar/21/05	3,27	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	BCRP
CDBCRP - 4 weeks	Percent per year	Jul/14/04	2,77	2,58	n.a.	n.a.	BCRP
CDBCRP - 6 weeks	Percent per year	Jul/09/02	3,20	13,82	n.a.	n.a.	BCRP
CDBCRP - 10 weeks	Percent per year	Jan/28/05	3,57	2,95	n.a.	n.a.	BCRP
CDBCRP - 12 weeks	Percent per year	Jan/07/03	3,51	3,63	n.a.	n.a.	BCRP
CDBCRP - 14 weeks	Percent per year	Nov/11/02	4,48	3,63	n.a.	n.a.	BCRP
CDBCRP - 16 weeks	Percent per year	Aug/27/02	3,60	3,55	n.a.	n.a.	BCRP
CDBCRP - 18 months	Percent per year	Feb/08/07	5,40	5,70	n.a.	n.a.	BCRP
CDBCRP - 20 weeks	Percent per year	Nov/13/02	4,14	4,00	n.a.	n.a.	BCRP
CDBCRP - 22 weeks	Percent per year	Feb/10/03	4,06	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	BCRP
CDBCRP - 1 month	Percent per year	Nov/21/07	5,19	5,17	n.a.	n.a.	BCRP
CDBCRP - 2 months	Percent per year	Oct/20/05	4,65	4,00	n.a.	n.a.	BCRP
CDBCRP - 3 months	Percent per year	Jan/07/08	5,66	5,70	n.a.	n.a.	BCRP
CDBCRP - 4 months	Percent per year	Dec/21/07	5,69	5,66	n.a.	n.a.	BCRP
CDBCRP - 5 months	Percent per year	May/31/05	3,73	3,75	n.a.	n.a.	BCRP
CDBCRP - 6 months	Percent per year	Jan/11/08	5,92	5,84	n.a.	n.a.	BCRP
CDBCRP - 7 months	Percent per year	Dec/17/07	5,78	5,91	n.a.	n.a.	BCRP
CDBCRP - 8 months	Percent per year	Sep/17/04	3,99	4,26	n.a.	n.a.	BCRP
CDBCRP - 9 months	Percent per year	Jan/14/08	6,19	5,94	n.a.	n.a.	BCRP
CDBCRP - 10 months	Percent per year	Jan/17/05	4,23	4,07	n.a.	n.a.	BCRP
CDBCRP - 11 months	Percent per year	May/28/07	5,04	4,25	n.a.	n.a.	BCRP
CDBCRP - 13 months	Percent per year	Jun/17/05	4,34	4,79	n.a.	n.a.	BCRP
CDBCRP - 14 months	Percent per year	Oct/12/04	4,84	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	BCRP
CDBCRP - 15 months	Percent per year	Jan/16/08	6,42	6,46	n.a.	n.a.	BCRP
CDBCRP - 16 months	Percent per year	Feb/21/05	4,85	4,62	n.a.	n.a.	BCRP
CDBCRP - 17 months	Percent per year	Jun/09/05	4,50	4,45	n.a.	n.a.	BCRP
CDBCRP - 18 months	Percent per year	Jan/14/08	6,44	6,37	n.a.	n.a.	BCRP
CDBCRP - 20 months	Percent per year	Feb/09/05	5,09	4,10	n.a.	n.a.	BCRP
CDBCRP - 21 months	Percent per year	Aug/18/03	4,05	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	BCRP
CDBCRP - 1 year	Percent per year	Jan/14/08	6,32	3,00	n.a.	n.a.	BCRP
CDBCRP - 1,5 year	Percent per year	Aug/16/05	5,66	4,48	n.a.	n.a.	BCRP
CDBCRP - 2 year	Percent per year	Dec/14/07	6,10	5,48	n.a.	n.a.	BCRP
CDBCRP - 3 year	Percent per year	Jun/14/07	5,59	5,58	n.a.	n.a.	BCRP
CDR BCRP interest rates
CDR BCRP - 46 days	Percent per year	Jan/22/04	2,62	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	BCRP
CDR BCRP - 3 months	Percent per year	Aug/16/07	5,56	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	BCRP
CDR BCRP - 111 days	Percent per year	Jan/20/04	2,85	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	BCRP
CDR BCRP - 180 days	Percent per year	Sep/04/02	2,64	0,00	n.a.	n.a.	BCRP
CDR BCRP - 6 months	Percent per year	Jan/09/06	4,60	0,51	n.a.	n.a.	BCRP
CDR BCRP - 360 days	Percent per year	Mar/09/07	5,09	4,67	n.a.	n.a.	BCRP
CDR BCRP - 1 year	Percent per year	Dec/29/05	4,69	4,74	n.a.	n.a.	BCRP
Domestic Currency Lending Rate (TAMN)	Percent per year	Jan/23/09	22,56	22,54	n.a.	n.a.	Table N° 32
							SBS
Foreign Currency Lending Rate (TAMEX)	Percent per year	Jan/23/09	10,32	10,38	n.a.	n.a.	Table N° 33
							SBS
Average Rate for Deposits in Domestic Currency (TIPMN)	Percent per year	Jan/23/09	3,94	3,97	n.a.	n.a.	Table N° 32
							SBS
Average Rate for Deposits in Foreign Currency (TIPMEX)	Percent per year	Jan/23/09	1,80	1,80	n.a.	n.a.	Table N° 33
							SBS
Stock Market
General stock price index 12/	Index,  Dec. 1991=100	Jan/26/09	6 981,3	6 988,2	n.a.	n.a.	Table N° 50
							BVL
Trade value	Millions of nuevos soles	Jan/26/09	532,2	475,3	n.a.	n.a.	Table N° 50
							BVL
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Date of Latest Data	Latest Data	Previous Data	Change of Latest Data Over a Year Ago(%)	Change of Previous Data Over a year Ago(%)	More Information
EXTERNAL SECTOR
Balance of Payments
Imports of goods and services	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08	-9 524	-8 966	48,1	62,0	Table N° 97
Exports of goods and services	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08	9 891	9 408	15,8	25,5	Table N° 97
Investment income	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08	-2 120	-2 770	n.a.	n.a.	Table N° 97
Current transfers	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08	722	709	n.a.	n.a.	Table N° 97
BCRP international reserves flow	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08	-330	2 307	n.a.	n.a.	Table N° 97
Financial Account	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08	1 461	3 124	n.a.	n.a.	Table N° 97
International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity
Net International Reserves	Millions of U.S. dollars	Dec/08	31 196	30 970	12,7	17,5	Table N° 25
Data Template on International Reserves and International Liquidity	Millions of U.S. Dollars	Jan/15/09	30 273	30 620	5,1	9,3	Data Template International reserves and foreign currency liquidity
Merchandise trade
Total exports	Millions of U.S. dollars	Nov/08	2 075	2 436	-12,1	-9,5	Table N° 65
Total imports	Millions of U.S. dollars	Nov/08	2 039	2 729	15,1	34,7	Table N° 65
International Investment Position
I. Assets	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08	51 243	54 463	18,1	37,1	Table N° 109
1. Direct investment	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08	1 914	2 469	-8,9	24,8
2. Portfolio investment	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08	10 852	12 143	-9,4	2,7
stock market and ADR's	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08	9 528	10 697	-10,2	1,6
bonds	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08	1 324	1 446	-2,6	12,1
3. Other investments	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08	3 745	4 302	-42,2	-1,6
4. Reserve assets	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08	34 732	35 550	52,0	64,9	Table N° 109
II. Liabilities	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08	81 052	84 827	13,1	24,9	Table N° 109
1. Direct investment	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08	30 312	29 143	25,3	30,0	Table N° 109
2. Portfolio investment	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08	24 106	28 926	-4,6	20,0
stock market and ADR's	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08	15 422	19 747	-6,9	28,6
bonds	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08	8 683	9 179	-0,2	5,0
3. Other investments	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08	26 634	26 759	19,9	25,1
III. Net international investment position	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08	-29 809	-30 364
External Debt
Gross External Debt	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08	35 318	35 938	14,2	19,3
I.  General Government	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08	17 992	18 368	-15,4	-12,2
Short-Term	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08
Money-market instruments	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08
Loans	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08
Commercial loans	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08
Other Liabilities  13/	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08
Arrears	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08
Others	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08
Long-Term	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08	17 992	18 368	-15,4	-12,2
Bonds and Notes	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08	6 889	6 997	-16,3	-14,8
Loans	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08	11 103	11 371	-14,7	-10,5
Commercial loans	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08
Other Liabilities	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08
II.  Monetary Authorities	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08	1 632	2 021	445,9	443,4
Short-Term	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08	1 632	2 021	445,9	443,4
Money-market instruments	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08	1 603	1 990	490	476
Loans	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08	29	31	8,1	14,6
Currency and deposits  14/	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08
Other Liabilities	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08
Arrears	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08
Others	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08
Long-Term	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08
Bonds and Notes	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08
Loans	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08
Currency and deposits  14/	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08
Other Liabilities	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08
III.  Banks	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08	6 365	6 566	150,1	198,6
Short-Term	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08	2 704	3 189	36,6	94,5
Money-market instruments	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08
Loans	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08	2 704	3 189	36,6	94,5
Currency and deposits  14/	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08
Other Liabilities	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08
Arrears	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08
Others	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08
Long-Term	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08	3 661	3 376	547,6	504,3
Bonds and Notes	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08
Loans	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08	3 661	3 376	547,6	504,3
Currency and deposits  14/	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08
Other Liabilities	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08
IV.  Other Sectors	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08	9 328	8 984	36,8	35,2
Short-Term	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08	4 187	4 135	75,3	82,5
Money-market instruments	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08
Loans	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08	4 187	4 135	75,3	82,5
Currency and deposits  14/	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08
Commercial loans	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08
Other Liabilities	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08
Arrears	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08
Others	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08
Long-Term	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08	5 141	4 848	16,0	10,7
Bonds and Notes	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08	192	192	0,0	0,0
Loans	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08	4 949	4 657	16,8	11,2
Currency and deposits  14/	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08
Commercial loans	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08
Other Liabilities	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08
Commercial loans	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08
Other Liabilities	Millions of U.S. dollars	Q3/08
Exchange rates
Exchange rate (nominal) 12/	Soles per U.S. dollars	Jan/23/09	3,161	3,154	7,14	6,90	Table N° 52
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Date of Latest Data	Latest Data	Previous Data	Change of Latest Data Over a Year Ago(%)	Change of Previous Data Over a year Ago(%)	More Information
Socio-demographic Data
Population	Thousands	2003	27 148	26 749	1,5	1,5	Annual Report - Annex 2
* Since Jan/07, unemployment rate is reported as a monthly three-month moving average. For may, it includes Mar/07, Apr/07 and May07.
1/ Excludes payments to the American International Group (AIG) and the Germany-Peru Agreement.
2/ Approximately 99 percent of domestic financing comes from banking institutions.
3/ Excludes privatization receipts and includes capital grants.
4/ Primary balance is defined as the overall balance excluding interest expenditures.
5/ Although data on total outstanding debt are not disseminated, the metadata on the DSBB explain how to derive this figure.
6/ Split by maturity is not shown because medium and long term public external debt accounts for more than 99 percent of total public external debt.
7/ This data is consistent with those of the Ministry of Economy and Finance.
8/ Includes all monetary liabilities of the banking system in domestic and foreign currency.
9/ Credit minus deposits to the non-financial public sector and COFIDE.
10/ Credit minus deposits.
11/ It is reported the interest rates of the latest operations of the Central Bank.
12/ End of period.
13/ International Investment Position accounted "other debt liabilities" as "other liabilities".
14/ It is recommended to include the total of "currency and deposits" in the short run unless it is available detailed information as to clasified them in short or long run.
15/ Exchange rate published by the superintendency of banking and insurance with one day lag.
n.a. Not applicable.
16/ Not published yet due to mechanical effects