Economic overview of Peru in the context of COVID-19

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Wuily Franz Trujillo Figueroa
Edmer Mendoza Briceño

Abstract

The research aimed to describe the variation in the interest rate, the exchange rate, net international reserves, gross domestic product and business expectations during the COVID-19 pandemic period and how it influenced the Peruvian economy in the macroeconomic context compared to five consecutive years of economic variability. The analysis was carried out under the quantitative approach; the descriptive method was applied, in the data collection the documentary analysis technique was used with the support of the reports of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru and statistics of the Peruvian economy since 2016 until August 2020. For the calculation analysis, the statistical software SPSS 26.0 was used. In this context, the interest rate varied between 12.30 and 17.73 percentage points, unlike the exchange rate that fluctuated between 3.21 and 3.51 soles, likewise business expectations were between 21.5 and 61.0 points, also the gross domestic product moved between -39.9 and 4.2 in percentage, finally the net international reserves evolved between 57,999 and 74,782 million dollars.

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Trujillo Figueroa, W. F. ., & Mendoza Briceño, E. . (2021). Economic overview of Peru in the context of COVID-19. INNOVA Reseach Journal, 6(2), 240–254. https://doi.org/10.33890/innova.v6.n2.2021.1715
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Actors in the economy and business development
Author Biographies

Wuily Franz Trujillo Figueroa, Universidad César Vallejo, Perú

Economista por la Universidad de San Martín de Porres, Máster Supply Chain Management por la Universidad de Miami, Magister en Administración (MBA) Doctor en Administración (DBA) investigador, ponente en congresos nacionales e internacionales, consultor en banca y finanzas, experto en tarjetas de crédito, mercado de divisas y capitales, actualmente gerente general en ferremarket company sac.  

Edmer Mendoza Briceño, Universidad César Vallejo, Perú

Contador público colegiado por la Universidad Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Maestro en Gestión Pública y Doctor en Administración por la Universidad César Vallejo, 33 años de servicio en la administración pública en el Ministerio de Salud, habiendo ocupado las gestiones de jefe de economía, responsable de logística, asesor de recursos humanos, investigador, ponente en congresos nacionales e internacionales experto en temas de economía, finanzas y tributación.    

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