"We hope Peruvian GDP will expand 3.9%, nearly 4% in the second quarter of this (current) year," the officer expressed.
Peruvian economy may have accelerated in 2018's first quarter and reached a 3.2% GDP growth rate in inter-annual terms, the highest expansion in one year and a half.
Progress in the economy was registered, despite the hardships such as: constant domestic political noise, and prosecutors' investigations on several construction companies, among others.
End-2018
Likewise, he forecast Peru's economic activity would expand 3.2% in the current year boosted by construction, non-primary manufacturing, services, and
fishing sectors.