Dollar in Peru: check the exchange rate for today, Sunday, October 16, 2022

The dollar price US inflation in Peru opened higher on Sunday, after learning that inflation in the United States reached 8.2% year-on-year in September, more than expected, and a new rise in interest rates would be expected.

The exchange rate operates at S/3,990 per dollar, a rise of 0.23% compared to Wednesday’s close of S/3,981, according to the Bloomberg agency.

So far this year, the greenback accumulates a decline of 0.25% compared to the last price of 2021, at S / 3,991.

In the parallel market or the main exchange houses, the dollar is bought at S / 3.96 and sold at S / 4, according to data from the portal cualestaeldolar.pe.

Globally, US consumer prices rose more than expected in September and underlying pressures continued to build, reinforcing expectations that the Federal Reserve will carry out a fourth interest rate hike of 75 basis points. next month.

The consumer price index rose 0.4% last month, after 0.1% in August, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast the CPI to rise 0.2%.

In the 12 months to September, inflation rose 8.2%, after rising 8.3% in August. The annual CPI peaked at 9.1% in June, the biggest advance since November 1981.