DBRS Assigns Short-Term Sovereign Ratings of R-2 (middle) to the Republic of Peru, Positive Trend

DBRS, Inc. (DBRS) has today assigned R-2 (middle) short-term issuer ratings with a Positive trend to the local and foreign currency debt of the Republic of Peru. The R-2 (middle) Positive trend ratings are consistent with DBRS’s long-term issuer ratings on the local and foreign currency debt of BBB (low), Positive trend, as per DBRS’s rating scales.

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The principal applicable methodology is Rating Sovereign Governments, which can be found on our website under Methodologies. The principal applicable rating policies are Commercial Paper and Short-Term Debt, and Short-Term and Long-Term Rating Relationships, which can be found on our website under Rating Scales.

The sources of information used for this rating include the BCRP, Ministry of Economy and Finance, INEI, ECLAC, Banking Insurance and Pension Supervisor (SBS), IMF and Haver Analytics. DBRS considers the information available to it for the purposes of providing this rating was of satisfactory quality

This rating is endorsed by DBRS Ratings Limited for use in the European Union.

Lead Analyst: Michael Heydt
Rating Committee Chair: Alan G. Reid
Initial Rating Date: October 19, 2007
Most Recent Rating Update: February 23, 2012

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