Economy

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

BMI View: Uruguay's consumer price inflation came in at 8.1% y-o-y in January, down from 8.6% a month earlier. We believe the Uruguayan central bank has now completed the hiking cycle... 2012-02-03

BMI View: Paraguay's trade balance deteriorated markedly in Q411, as a foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak in the region of San Pedro saw beef exports plummet. Total exports came... 2012-02-03

BMI View: Argentina's current account swung into a deficit of US$116mn in Q311, posing some downside risk to our year-end estimate of a current account surplus of US$3.0bn or 0.8%... 2012-02-03

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

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... 2012-01-10

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: 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