Chile

On August 29 Chile's largest trade union, Central Unitaria de Trabajadores (CUT) called its first national strike since President Michelle Bachelet came to power. Motivating the action... 2007-09-11

BMI View: Consumer prices rose by 1.1% m-o-m, sending the annual reading to a six-year high of 4.7% y-o-y in August. This was well above both Banco Central de Chile (BCC)'s 3.0%... 2007-09-06

The problems surrounding the implementation of the Transantiago transport project continue to linger over President Michelle Bachelet's concertatión government. The president's approval... 2007-08-07

Although President Michelle Bachelet's approval rating has been declining in recent months, the stability of the Chilean government is still intact. Indeed, while Bachelet's approval... 2007-06-28

BMI View: Strong economic data has continued to emerge from the Chilean economy, and as such, we have upwardly revised our year-end real GDP growth forecast from 4.9% to 5.9%.

For some time now President Michelle Bachelet's approval rating has been in decline, and according to a poll conducted by

The Chilean peso has weakened slightly since reaching a 12-month high around the CLP516.00/US$ level in late May, and is now trading at CLP528.15/US$. the unit is poised to test key... 2007-06-11

BMI View: Despite the appreciation of the peso, Chile posted record-high trade and current account surpluses in 2006. The strong outturn was largely the result of high commodity... 2007-05-22

BMI View: Chile's private pension fund managers (AFPs) have had great success in recent years, however, legislation which limits them from investing a substantial proportion of their... 2007-05-15

BMI View: The Banco Central de Chile kept the benchmark interest unchanged at 5.00% during its May monetary policy meeting. The rate has been left unchanged since January when... 2007-05-11