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The Central Reserve Bank of Peru ( es, Banco Central de Reserva del Perú; BCRP) is the
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vian
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. It mints and issues metal and paper money, the sol. Its branch in Arequipa was established in 1871, and it served the city by issuing money as well as maintaining a good reputation for savings accounts in Southern
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. It is the equivalent of the
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of the
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in
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. The Constitution states that the purpose of the Central Reserve Bank is to preserve monetary stability. The Central Reserve Bank's target annual inflation is 2.0 percent, with a tolerance of one percentage point upward and downward; its policies are aimed at achieving that goal. The Constitution also assigns the following functions to the Central Reserve Bank: regulating currency and credit of the financial system, administering the international reserves in its care, issuing banknotes and coins, reporting regularly to the country on national finances, and managing the profitability of funds.


Presidents

*Eulogio Romero Salcedo, 1922-1925 *Agustín de la Torre González, 1926-1927 *Eulogio Romero Salcedo, 1928-1929 *Enrique Ferreyros, 1930-1931 *Manuel Augusto Olaechea, 1931-1934 *
Manuel Prado Ugarteche Manuel Carlos Prado y Ugarteche (April 21, 1889 – August 15, 1967) was a banker who served twice as President of Peru. Son of former president Mariano Ignacio Prado, he was born in Lima and served as the nation's 43rd (1939 - 1945) and 46th (1 ...
, 1934-1939 *Fernando Gazzani, 1939-1945 * Francisco Tudela y Varela, 1945-1948 * Pedro Beltrán Espantoso, 1948-1950 *Clemente de Althaus Dartnell, 1950-1952 *Daniel Olaechea, 1952 * Andrés F. Dasso, 1952-1958 *Enrique Bellido, 1959-1964 *Alfredo C. Ferreyros, 1964-1966 * Fernando Schwalb, 1966-1968 *José Morales Urresti, 1968 * Carlos Vidal, 1968 *Alfredo Rodríguez Martínez, 1968-1969 *Emilio G. Barreto, 1969-1975 *Carlos Santisteban de Noriega, 1975-1977 *Germán de la Melena Guzmán, 1977-1978 *Manuel Moreyra Loredo, 1978-1980 *Richard Webb Duarte, 1980-1985 *Leonel Figueroa Ramírez, 1985-1987 *Pedro Coronado Labó, 1987-1990 *Jorge Chávez Álvarez, 1990-1992 *Germán Suárez Chávez, 1992-2001 *Richard Webb Duarte, 2001-2003 * Javier Silva Ruete, 2003-2004 *Óscar Dancourt Masías, 2004-2006 *Julio Velarde Flores, 2006- Source:Historial de autoridades del Banco Central de Reserva del Perú desde 1922
''Banco Central de Reserva del Perú''


See also

*
Economy of Peru The economy of Peru is an Emerging economy, emerging, social market economy characterized by a high level of foreign trade and an upper middle income economy as classified by the World Bank. Peru has the forty-seventh largest economy in the wor ...
*
List of Jesuit sites This list includes past and present buildings, facilities and institutions associated with the Society of Jesus. In each country, sites are listed in chronological order of start of Jesuit association. Nearly all these sites have bee ...
* Peruvian inti *
Peruvian sol The sol (; plural: soles; currency sign: S/) is the currency of Peru; it is subdivided into 100 ''céntimos'' ("cents"). The ISO 4217 currency code is PEN. The sol replaced the Peruvian inti in 1991 and the name is a return to that of Peru's ...


References


External links

* Banks of Peru
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