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... 2012-01-10

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... 2012-01-10

BMI View: After strengthening against the U.S. dollar in October, the Chilean peso returned on sharp depreciatory trend in November, losing almost 7.0% of its value since the beginning... 2011-11-24

In a letter to Chilean President Sebastián Piñera and Education Minister Felipe Bulnes, the European Parliament has condemned the Chilean government's excessive use of force during... 2011-11-24

Chile consumer price inflation ticked up to 3.3% y-o-y in September, from 3.2% y-o-y in August. September's figure is in line with our end-2011 inflation forecast of 3.3% y-o-y, and... 2011-10-26

Chile's august trade balance recorded a US$0.5bn surplus, as exports grew by 24.8% y-o-y to US$6.8bn and imports grew 21.8% y-o-y to US$6.39bn. While we expect the strong consumer story... 2011-09-30

In late September, the Chilean government and protesting university students agreed to meet and begin negotiations on the tricky issue of whether education should be for free or for-profit... 2011-09-30