*Peru’s economy and finance ministry has announced that public investment in January marked an all-time high for the month at PEN3.16bn (US$850.9m). This was up by 47% compared with January 2024 and by 246% compared with January 2023. The total public investment in January this year consisted of PEN1.68bn from the national government, PEN629m from regional governments, and PEN851m from local governments.