The effectiveness of Peru’s benchmark interest rate as a policy instrument is constrained by high levels of foreign currency lending and concerns over the strength of the sol. Further increases in dollar reserve requirements appear likely this year, but we do not anticipate any interest rate changes until 2014.
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