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The price of dollar in Peru, it closed steadily on Tuesday, in a session where the market awaited announcements of a stimulus plan U.S.
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He exchange rate ended the session with S / 3.615, a marginal drop of only S / 0.001 compared to Monday’s close, at S / 3.616, according to data from the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCR).
So far this year, the dollar is down 0.11% since the end of 2020, at S / 3,619.
On the other hand, the dollar was bought for S / 3,605 in the parallel market or major exchange offices and sold for S / 3,625, according to the portal quéestaeldolar.pe.
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The dollar’s decline comes internationally after a 2% rise so far this year, an advance that has caught many investors who opted for a further decline following the dollar’s weakness in 2020.
The exchange rate was favored in January due to rising yields on US Treasuries and some investors’ caution about the strength of the global economic recovery following the coronavirus pandemic.
The market has also attached importance to Joe Biden’s proposal for a US $ 1.9 trillion tax stimulus package. In that sense, Yellen will tell the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday that the government must ‘go big’ with its next coronavirus aid package.
The dollar index, which measures the currency against a basket of currencies, fell 0.3%, but was still above the low of more than two and a half years earlier this month.