Peru central bank sees economy growing 4% in January

(Reuters) – Peru’s economy likely expanded some 4% in January, the central bank’s chief economist, Adrian Armas, said in a call on Friday, in line with analysts’ forecasts and a day before the government is set to publish the monthly figure.

Peru’s economy has been bouncing back from a recession it entered in 2023, when it contracted 0.4%. The economy then grew 3.3% last year and the government now expects it to end 2025 with growth of around 4%.

(Reporting by Sarah Morland; Editing by Natalia Siniawski)