02/17/2012

We have reduced our forecast for economic growth in Chile in 2012 from 4.5% to 4%, mainly because of worse external conditions.

02/15/2012

在去年最后几个月，特别是12月初，整个地区普遍经济下滑。这是由多种不同因素造成的，但最终结果相当清楚：地区正趋向于其正常增长率，接近不同经济体生产能力的提高。

02/15/2012

Latin America will grow by 4.4% in 2011 and somewhat below this figure in 2012 (3.7%), fuelled by domestic demand which is beginning to slow.

12/14/2011

* An exceptional 2011, with record production, sales, and foreign trade. In a context of a strong growth and negative real rates that incentivized savings in durable goods

01/20/2012

The monetary authorities in Brazil and Mexico maintained their monetary policies, in both cases in line with market expectations. In the case of Brazil there was a cut of 50 basis points, leaving the SELIC at 10.5%, while in Mexico the rate remained at 4.5%. At the same time, the data on economic activity in Brazil, Colombia and Peru confirm the strength of domestic demand. In the case of Colombia, this is also reflected in the indicators of confidence.

01/13/2012

The inflationary surprise in Mexico follows those last week in Chile and Colombia, thus it freezes the enthusiasm to reduce interest rate. This fact was confirmed by the decision of the Central Bank of Peru where interest rate remains unchanged. However, the exception was Chile where the Central Bank reduced interest rate by 25 bp, a decision in line with the Monetary Policy Report presented last week.