Price of the dollar in Peru today Thursday, January 30, 2020 | Exchange Rate | quote | purchase | sale | bcr | interbank | ocoña nndc Markets

The price of dollar in Peru, the upward day ended amid concerns about the virus that arose in China and for the weak financial reports of some companies.

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared today the international emergency due to the rapid increase in patients affected by Wuhan’s coronavirus, and more than 8,000 in about twenty countries, although 99% of cases have been diagnosed within China.

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In this context, the exchange rate in the interbank market it is quoted at S / 3,370, according to information from the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCR). This figure is above the S / 3,345 negotiated at the end of the previous day, according to the same entity.

Today it was known that the growth of the United States fell in 2019 to 2.3%, a figure lower than 3% promised by President Donald Trump, because companies halted their investments during the commercial war launched by the president against China.

The expansion of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Therefore, 0.6 percentage points remained below the 2.9% recorded in 2018, according to a preliminary estimate by the Department of Commerce published on Thursday.

The data is positive, especially when compared to the big European countries, but it is far from the 3% target that Trump aspired to.

In addition to the slowdown in business investments (+ 2.1% compared to 6.4% in 2018), the crisis of Boeing 737 MAX, one of the major players in foreign trade, balked US exports, which remained unchanged after growing 3% in 2018.

In the parallel market or exchange houses, the price of the dollar is S / 3,370.