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Paraguay / Economy
We have revised down Paraguay's 2012 headline growth forecast to 3.2%, from 4.2% previously. Although we expect domestic demand to remain growth supportive, the ongoing global economic slowdown and consecutive foot and mouth outbreaks in the country's beef industry are likely to drag on the economy's expansion in the coming quarters.
2012-01-10Chile / Economy
BMI View: Chile's consumer price index continued to inch up in December, reaching 4.4% y-o-y, well above the upper limit of the 2.0% to 4.0% range targeted by the central bank. The...
2012-01-10Chile / Economy
Chile's Education Minister Felipe Bulnes stepped down at the end of December to be replaced by economist Harald Bayer. While the outgoing minister cited personal reasons for his decision...
2012-01-10Country Risk Rating
Chile
Chile's Education Minister Felipe Bulnes stepped down at the end of December to be replaced by economist Harald Bayer. While the outgoing minister cited personal reasons for his decision...
2012-01-10Uruguay
Uruguayan President José Mujica backed Argentina's sovereignty claims over the Falklands Islands with an official statement. Referring to a controversy over a measure that prohibits...
2012-01-10Argentina
Argentine President Cristina Fernández successfully underwent thyroid cancer surgery on January 4 and her recovery has shown no complications so far, according to Alfredo Scoccimarro,...
2012-01-09Paraguay
Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo pressed for better terms of trade and economic collaboration with Argentina and Brazil during a December meeting of Mercosur nations in Montevideo....
2012-01-09Paraguay
We have revised down Paraguay's 2012 headline growth forecast to 3.2%, from 4.2% previously. Although we expect domestic demand to remain growth supportive, the ongoing global economic...
2012-01-10Chile
BMI View: Chile's consumer price index continued to inch up in December, reaching 4.4% y-o-y, well above the upper limit of the 2.0% to 4.0% range targeted by the central bank. The...
2012-01-10Chile
BMI View: Chile's consumer price index continued to inch up in December, reaching 4.4% y-o-y, well above the upper limit of the 2.0% to 4.0% range targeted by the central bank. The...
2012-01-10Argentina
BMI View:Argentina continued to show strong resilience to global headwinds in Q311, as its GDP grew by 9.1% y-o-y. While we see significant upside risk to our GDP growth forecast of...
2012-01-09Paraguay
Paraguay's political risk profile will continue to suffer as President Fernando Lugo's ongoing lack of support within government comes to the fore, prompting us to downgrade our proprietary...
2011-07-25Chile
BMI View: We believe 2011 will be a difficult year for Chilean President Sebastián Piñera as he seeks to push forward with key reforms. We identify the three challenges for his...
2011-04-07Paraguay
BMI View: Rapidly rising inflation, the resurgence of anti-government guerrilla activity and President Fernando Lugo's ongoing lack of support within government will all continue to...
2011-03-10Argentina
BMI View: With current President Cristina Fernández maintaining her lead in the polls, time is running out for the opposition to come together and identify key candidates ahead of...
2011-02-11
