Economy

We expect consumer price inflation in Paraguay to slow by end-2011, as tight monetary policy tames growth in aggregate demand, and lower commodity prices in H211 reduce the effect... 2011-09-16

It is still too early to assess the impact of a potential global slowdown in trade on Chile's impressive economic growth trajectory. While we have previously outlined the key risk to... 2011-09-12

Chile's July 2011 trade balance recorded a healthy US$1.2bn surplus, as exports grew 24.4% y-o-y to US$7.2bn, and imports 25.4% to US$5.9bn. While we expect the strong consumer story... 2011-08-31

According to Argentina's national statistics agency, INDEC, the economy posted a trade surplus of US$672mn in July 2011, down from US$1.0bn in June. The country exported US$7.3bn and... 2011-08-31

Uruguay's foreign exchange reserves increased by an impressive 33.3% y-o-y to reach US$10.1bn in July 2011, up from US$9.8bn the previous month. As the economy's external accounts remain... 2011-08-30

Consumer price inflation in Paraguay cooled to 8.7% y-o-y, modestly down from 8.8% y-o-y in June and a sharp contrast to May's double-digit 10.2% y-o-y. This lower inflation reading... 2011-08-26

BMI View: With headwinds to global growth building, we assess which economies in Latin America and the Caribbean are most at risk from reduced capital inflows and lower trade volumes.... 2011-08-18

We still believe there is little threat to our view that the Argentine peso will continue to weaken against the US dollar in the short-to medium term. With President Cristina Fernández's... 2011-08-17

We have revised upwards Uruguay's long-term growth trajectory beginning with a revision of 2013's real GDP growth forecast to 4.2%, from 2.6% previously, and expecting an average headline... 2011-08-16

Early results from Argentina's first unified primary elections reinforce our core view that President Cristina Fernández is set to win the upcoming October presidential election. Since... 2011-08-15