Chile

BMI View: Despite falling slightly from end-2011 levels, Chile's foreign reserves have held up well in Q112, reaching US$39.6bn in March. However, with our Commodities team forecasting... 2012-05-04

BMI View: Chile's annual real GDP growth came in at 6.0% in 2011, only marginally higher than our 5.9% forecast. In Q411, real GDP expanded by 4.5% y-o-y, an improvement compared... 2012-03-28

BMI View: Chile's annual real GDP growth came in at 6.0% in 2011, only marginally higher than our 5.9% forecast. In Q411, real GDP expanded by 4.5% y-o-y, an improvement compared... 2012-03-28

BMI View: Chile posted a 1.4% consolidated budget surplus in 2011, broadly in line with our forecast of 1.2%. Higher than expected tax revenues and record-high copper prices in H111... 2012-03-02

Protestors belonging to the Movimiento Social por la Región de Aysén (MSPRA), staged roadblocks and other public demonstrations against the government in February. The demands put... 2012-03-02

BMI View: In our last sovereign risk ratings, we argued that there were more credit downgrades in the pipeline, and since September there has been a discernible shift in this direction... 2012-02-08

BMI View: After holding interest rates at 5.25% for six consecutive months, the Chilean central bank eased monetary policy in January, cutting its benchmark policy rate by 25bps to... 2012-02-01

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

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