Kurt Burneo: If political events become tougher, this will affect economic forecasts

A political crisis could hamper the implementation of the plan economic recovery are being implemented, Economics Minister Curt Burneo warned.

“If political events become tougher in the country, this will affect the forecasts that we put on reactivation plan”, he said during a presentation at CADE 2022.

The head of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) also pointed out that the international situation is also a risk for Peruvian GDP growth, since it is 60% dependent on external factors.

Burneo argued that currently the economy continues to grow, but acknowledged that we are experiencing slowdown.

“What we see is that the economy continues to grow. The concern comes from the rate of growth, which is definitely a slowdown in the economy,” he said.

In addition, he clarified that currently there is no room for growth above 3%.

The Minister recalled that the IEF has developed a plan to stimulate the economy Impulse Peruwhich includes 36 measures and 48 standards.

However, the minister warned that the effectiveness of the proposed reactivation measures could be undermined by the delay in Congressional consideration of these bills.

“A fundamental element of macroeconomic policy is that in applying measures. If the deadlines are postponed because they have not yet been approved by Congress, their effectiveness is reduced, ”he said.

He added that due to the worsening international economy and the delay in the approval of measures, 10 new initiatives were recently announced to stimulate the country’s economy.