Today, Monday, August 15, the dollar in Peru closed the day presenting a new rise after several sessions to the downside.
Next, meet the exchange rate in the interbank market and the price for purchase and sale in money changers, exchange houses and financial entities.
How much is the dollar today in Peru
This afternoon the Central Reserve Bank (BCR) reported that the exchange rate in Peru it went from S/ 3,852 to S/ 3,859 at the interbank level.
At the close of this session the quotation of the greenback presented a minimal increase of just over 0.15% in the Peruvian market.
Despite this result in the foreign exchange market, the BCR calculates that the exchange rate It is 3.31% lower than what was reported at the end of 2021.
Why was the dollar boosted?
On this day the price of dollar rallied against emerging currencies Latin Americaaccording to a Archyde.com report.
The agency indicated that these currencies were affected by concerns about the economic growth of Chinaan important destination for exports of raw materials from Latin America.
“Global sentiment took a hit on Monday after weak retail sales and factory activity in China raised concerns about slowing growth in the second economy world’s largest, prompting its central bank to cut a key lending rate to stimulate demand,” notes Archyde.com.
It should be remembered that the strict restrictions due to COVID-19 in China have slowed down activity in its main manufacturing centers and in the most popular tourist places, such as Shanghai.
Dollar price for buying and selling
The platform, how much is the dollar.pe, reports that money changers they buy the dollar at S/ 3.83 and sell it at S/ 3.87 on average.
While in the digital exchange houses the green ticket is bought at approximately S/ 3.84 and is sold at about S/ 3.87.
Please note that this exchange rate It will remain until tomorrow at 09:00 am when the foreign exchange market in Peru begins to move again.
How much would the dollar rise at the end of the year?
The latest Survey of Macroeconomic Expectations of the Central Reserve Bank (BCR) indicates that, for economic analysts and companies, the exchange rate would close this year with an average of S/ 3.80.
For next year, economic analysts and companies expect the dollar price It is between S/ 3.75 and S/ 3.90.