Updated on 02/02/2020 at 09:48
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The dollar price in Peru opened up this Sunday, amid increased risk aversion due to an increase in fatalities affected by the coronavirus, a situation that investors have in suspense because of the possible consequences it may have for the performance of the world economy.
The exchange rate closed at S / 3,388 in the interbank market, with a weekly gain of 1.93% accumulating an appreciation of 2.23% in January, according to Reuters. On the other hand, the reference of the Lima stock market fell 0.91%.
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“The fear of the risk of contagion is already evident in the global financial markets,” Moody’s debt rating agency said Thursday.
Data from China show that just over 2% of infected people have died, suggesting that the virus may be less deadly than the coronaviruses responsible for the outbreak of Acute and Severe Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2002 and 2003 and the episode of Near East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS).
However, economists fear that its impact may be greater than that of SARS, which killed about 800 people and cost the world economy about US $ 33,000 million, since China’s presence in the world economy is much more significant. now.
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