Economy

Chile's fiscal accounts will remain healthy over the coming quarters, driven by President Sebastián Piñera's commitment to fiscal retrenchment. Strong economic growth should also... 2011-05-20

While we still expect private consumption and fixed investment to drive Paraguayan growth over coming years, gradually diversifying the economy away from agriculture, we believe high... 2011-05-15

Six months after we outlined our 2011 macro/market strategy for the Latin America region, we take a look at which views have played out, and what we expect from macro developments over... 2011-05-12

Uruguay's international reserves continue to expand as steady foreign investment into the country's attractive investment environment leaves the current account performing steadily,... 2011-05-09

Chile's consumer price index ticked up by 0.3% m-o-m in April, and headline inflation came down to 3.2% y-o-y from 3.4% y-o-y in March. This news will be welcomed by the monetary authorities... 2011-05-09

Consumer price inflation fell for the fifth consecutive month in March to 9.7% y-o-y from 10.0% y-o-y in February, according to data collected from the nation's statistical agency INDEC.... 2011-05-06

The Paraguayan guarani has strengthened significantly against the dollar, trading at PYG3,960.00/US$ at the time of writing from PYG4,475.00/US$ at the beginning of 2011. In line with... 2011-05-06

The Paraguayan guarani has strengthened significantly against the dollar through February and March, decisively breaking through the short-term target of PYG4,500/US$ we set on 9 December... 2011-04-20

We continue to like the Chilean peso on a long-term basis due to the economy's strong fundamentals. However, following the surprise currency intervention in January, we have decided... 2011-04-06

Chile's consumer price index ticked up by a modest 0.2% month-on-month in February, meaning the year-on-year rate of headline inflation remained constant at 2.7%.