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Fin Min, Central Bank Governor meet to address Peru's economic agenda

Photo: Courtesy of the Economy and Finance Ministry of Peru

Photo: Courtesy of the Economy and Finance Ministry of Peru

08:47 | Lima, Feb. 16.

Peruvian Economy and Finance Minister Jose Arista met with Central Reserve Bank (BCR) Governor Julio Velarde to address the economic and fiscal agenda in order to foster the country's growth.

This was reported by the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) on its official X account on Thursday.

The Peruvian economy recorded a fall of 0.55% in 2023 mainly due to the decline in the Manufacturing sector (-6.65%), as well as negative results in the Construction, Financial, Telecommunications, Agriculture, and Fishing sectors, the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) reported yesterday.

"Today (on Thursday), Economy and Finance Minister Jose Arista held a meeting with Central Reserve Bank (BCR) Governor Julio Velarde, in which they addressed the economic and fiscal agenda to boost the country's growth," the MEF indicated.

Minister Arista assumed the MEF portfolio last Tuesday, for the second time, because he was also sworn in as Economy and Finance official in 2020.

Moreover, he has experience in the public sector after having assumed the agriculture sector's portfolio in 2018

The new Economy and Finance sector's head is an economist by profession, graduated from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.

He also holds a master's degree in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), in the United States of America.

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Published: 2/16/2024