Economy

BMI View: We believe the deterioration in investor perceptions of the Latin American consumer will continue to weigh on equity performance over the next few months. Yet while several... 2011-07-21

The Chilean peso remains among our favourite regional currencies in the long term, as the economy's strong fundamentals continue to underpin the currency's appeal. However, the surprise... 2011-07-07

Chile's consumer price index ticked up by 0.4% m-o-m in May 2011, and headline inflation came down to 3.3% y-o-y from 3.2% y-o-y in April. This is likely to concern the monetary authorities,... 2011-06-30

Uruguay's industrial production growth dropped to 0.3% y-o-y in April 2011, from 4.3% y-o-y in March. While high global commodity prices may have had some negative impact on domestic... 2011-06-30

Consumer price inflation remained stable for the third consecutive month in May at 9.7% y-o-y, according to data collected from the nation's statistical agency INDEC. However, as private... 2011-06-30

Consumer price inflation rose back into double digit growth levels - outside the Paraguayan monetary authority's single-figure tolerance range - at 10.2% year-on-year (y-o-y) in May... 2011-06-30

The Banco Central de Chile (BCC)'s decision to raise rates to 5.25% in June 2011, from 5.00% previously, suggests Chilean policy makers are determined to cool inflation and we believe... 2011-06-27

Argentina's Q111 real GDP growth of 9.9% y-o-y has prompted an upward revision to our 2011 growth forecast, to 7.0% from 6.0% previously. However, given President Cristina Fernández's... 2011-06-24

Latin America emerged relatively unscathed, both economically and politically, from the period of surging commodity prices in early 2011. With prices set to moderate in the second... 2011-06-24

We expect Paraguay's balance of payments accounts to remain in good health in the medium term, with financial account inflows comfortably covering widening current account deficits.... 2011-06-21