Economy

We believe that the Paraguayan balance of payments should remain in fairly good shape over the coming years, although the strength of the guarani should begin to weigh on the trade... 2008-09-19

We are expecting to see Argentine inflation to remain elevated over the coming years despite the anticipated slowdown in economic activity. Structural shortcomings in the economy... 2008-09-09

Several economic activity indicators are suggesting that the Argentine economy is in the midst of a slowdown. Industrial production

The August inflation figure suggests to us that the inflation outlook in Paraguay is beginning to improve. The headline CPI figure fell to 10.4% y-o-y from 10.

We see a continued deterioration in Uruguay's trade balance this year, after rapidly rising import growth saw the overall trade balance slip into a US$1.57bn deficit during the first... 2008-09-09

Despite lower food price inflation in August, we caution that Chile's inflationary outlook continues to deteriorate. Still rising wholesale and producer price inflation threaten to... 2008-09-09

Chile posted a current account deficit in Q208, the first shortfall since Q305, bringing the year-to-date current account to a US$114mn deficit, on the back of a narrowing merchandise... 2008-09-09

Since coming to power, Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo has voiced his willingness to encourage greater regional economic integration. Indeed, as well as repeatedly pledging his... 2008-09-01

By all accounts, Argentina holds the potential for high levels of long-term economic growth. The country has a wealth of natural resources, a well-developed education system, (literacy... 2008-08-22

The latest data coming out of Argentina suggests that the economy is in the midst of a slowdown. We are keeping our end-08 and end-09 real GDP forecasts at 6.0% and 3.6% respectively,... 2008-08-15