Peru: dollar opening rate today March 18 USD to PEN

This was the behavior of the US currency during the first minutes of the day

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The US dollar is trading at the opening at 3.74 soles on average, so it implied a rise of 0.51% compared to the price of the previous day, when it traded at 3.72 soles on average.

Taking into account the last seven days, the US dollar marks a rise of 1.08% and in year-on-year terms it still maintains a rise of 0.24%. If we compare the figure with past days, it reverses the result of the previous day where it experienced a decrease of 0.62%, showing that it is unable to establish a clear trend in recent times. The volatility of the last seven days is 5.47%, which is significantly lower than the annual volatility figure (18.86%), so it is performing more stable than usual recently.

In the last year, the US dollar has changed by a high of 3.99 soles on average, while its lowest level has been 3.66 soles on average. The US dollar is closer to its minimum value than to the maximum.

The Peruvian currency

El sol has been the legal tender in Peru since 1991 and replaced the inti, which circulated between 1985 and 1991, was originally also called the “nuevo sol” to differentiate it from its predecessor, but by 2015 it is only called sol.

The emergence of the new sun is understood after the world crisis of 1929, which led to a deep economic and exchange rate crisis in the country, as well as the creation of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru. It was during the first year of Alberto Fujimori's government that the new sun was promoted to balance hyperinflation and reorder the economy.

After it entered into force, a sol was equivalent to one million intis or a billion “old” suns; today the currency is divided into 100 cents and its issuance is regulated by the Central Reserve Bank of Peru.

Currently, coins of 10, 20, 50 cents, 1, 2 and 5 soles and banknotes of 10, 20, 50, 100 and 200 soles are circulating. Before, 1-cent coins were also minted, but these were withdrawn from circulation in May 2011, while in January 2019 the 5-cent coins came out of circulation.

On the other hand, the exchange rate parity with respect to the dollar and the euro is fixed daily by the agency in charge. It should be noted that since 2014 the Peruvian currency has been in depreciation.

In the economic sector, the World Bank (WB) has predicted that by 2022 Peru will have growth of only 3.2% after it had a 13% rebound in 2021. Likewise, by 2023 it would slow down to grow by only 3 percent.

However, experts have assured that Peru could experience a loss of business confidence in the face of the uncertainty that exists in the policy and fiscal rules that are intended to be carried out.

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