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larr1 on Jul 18, 2011 3:59pm
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· MINESTRY OF ECONOMY: Kurt Burneo has confirmed that he will be appointed the Economic Ministry. Burneo was one of the technicians who worked with Toledo and changed party in the presidentials second round. He is considered pro-market.· BCR: Peru’s President-elect Ollanta Humala said Central Bank President Julio Velarde will remain in his post for another five-year term to help maintain economic stability.Velarde accepted an invitation to stay on after his term ends July 28, Humala said in an interview with Lima-based America Television yesterday. Velarde has led the central bank “well,” he said. Humala said he’ll announce ministerial posts July 20. “Our commitment is to provide macroeconomic stability and stability in monetary policy, which Julio Velarde is going to do,” Humala said. “We’re sending the right messages.”Humala, who takes office July 28, is seeking to reassure investors concerned that his plans to raise mining royalties, increase Peru’s minimum wage and enlarge state companies may crimp private investment fueling the region’s fastest growth of the last decade. The $153 billion economy expanded at the slowest pace in 15 months in May as companies reduced spending while waiting for the 49-year-old former army rebel to announce. Since being appointed in 2006 to head the central bank, Velarde, 59, has helped triple international reserves to a record $47 billion and raised lending rates to a two-year high in May to curb inflation, which has been the lowest in the region since 2006
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