The price of the US dollar in Peru opened higher on Monday, the beginning of a week in which the attention of the markets will be focused on the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy meeting.
The exchange rate operates at S/ 3,986 per dollar, an advance of 0.15% compared to the close of the last day, according to the Bloomberg agency.
So far this year, the greenback accumulates a decline of 0.95% compared to the last price of 2021, at S / 3,991.
On the other hand, in the parallel market or the main exchange houses, the dollar is bought at S/ 3.97 and sold at S/ 3.99, according to data from the portal cualestaeldolar.pe.
At the regional level, most Latin American currencies fell on Monday while the bulk of the stock markets showed gains, amid a global advance of the dollar and at the beginning of a week in which the attention of the markets will be focused on Federal Reserve monetary policy meeting.
According to Reuters, the dollar advanced as bets cooled that the Fed might signal a slowdown in its aggressive rate-hike cycle ahead of its key monetary policy meeting this week and as national data points to a pressure on core inflation.
The US currency advanced around 0.55% against a basket of six major currencies that make up the dollar index.
Source: Elcomercio
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