Mipes delinquency increased due to inflation and economic paralysis

The economic situation has affected the payment schedules of companies that have not been able to repay their loans, resulting in an increase in arrears in line with Banking, Insurance and AFP Directorate (SBS).

SBS has warned of an increase between last December and this June 2022. Over this period, microenterprise arrears decreased from 4.61% to 5.5%.

It’s worth saying that 73% of enterprises with debt are microenterprises.whose total debt as of May reached 2.3 million sols.

Why has the delay increased?

Sergio Urdai, a research fellow at Prime Consultores, told management that the slowdown in the economy reduced the income of companies and due to the lack of money in time, the number of defaults increases.

Inflation is another influential factor, especially in large companies. According to Juan Carlos Ramirez, senior manager of financial industry consulting at EY, those with daily incomes are the hardest hit, affected by fluctuations in the price of their resources due to inflation.

Debts with arrears

The cooling economy also reduces the sales of maps that cannot complete their payments.

Under this scenario financial institutions are more cautious in placing their loans.

Not only small business medians also increased delinquency to 10.1% and could soon be over-indebted.

Earnings on national holidays

The Lima Chamber of Commerce reported that during the national holidays alone, mypes sales exceeded 3 million soles; that is, a recovery of up to 90% compared to the same period last year.

Nonetheless Small Business Guild (COPE) does not expect a recovery to pre-pandemic levels. “In this situation, and without the support of qualification for the World Cup in Qatar, we do not see much optimism. There is no opportunity to improve this economic situation in the near future; rather, there is concern about the economic obligations that mypes have to take on with their employees, such as bonuses for national holidays,” said Rodolfo Ojeda, president of the union.

Uncertain future

a month ago mypes representatives criticized The Ministry of Production for not providing enough support to reactivate it.

“I’m going to answer what we want. We need a favorable environment for growth. For the Government to establish social dialogue with everyone”said Ana Maria Choquehuanca, President of the SME Association of Peru.

This answer was given after Luis Mesones, Vice Minister of Mype and Industry, asked what Mype’s current desire is. “What do we want next from meeps? Do all meeps want to go from small to medium and from medium to large? Can all meeps do this? always contribute, and through the informality of the maps can make their profit? This is an issue that we all need to develop,” he said.