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Bank of Chile likely to bide its time

Interest rates in Chile were left unchanged at 3% last night but the accompanying statement revealed a subtle shift in tone from the central bank, which now seems to think that inflation is likely to take longer to return to target than it previously believed. Even so, we doubt that this signals that policy tightening is imminent. We still think that interest rates are likely to remain on hold throughout this year.

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