Peru requesting swap lines


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Seems something that maybe should involve Congress, along with the other near $600 billion outstanding draws?

Peru Seeking Currency Swap Lines With US Fed, China

by Robert Kozak

Jan 15 (Dow Jones) — Peru has begun talks with the U.S. Federal Reserve and China’s central bank with the aim of setting up currency swaps, Finance Minister Luis Valdivieso said Thursday.

These would be part of a strategy of having access to various measures to confront any economic slowdown that could affect Peru’s economy, he said at press conference with the foreign press.


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