Latin America Chart Pack A soft end to 2016 Latin America’s economy has ended 2016 on a relatively downbeat note. The news from Brazil has gone from bad to worse, with both industrial production and retail sales falling in the most recent... 19th December 2016 · 1 min read
Latin America Chart Pack Tide turning against Temer While the eyes of the world have been focused on the fallout from the US election, domestic political risks have resurfaced in Brazil. The latest controversy surrounds allegations that President Temer... 28th November 2016 · 1 min read
Latin America Chart Pack Lat Am central banks turning more dovish Central banks in several countries in Latin America are turning increasingly dovish. Policymakers in Brazil cut interest rates this month on the back of another drop in inflation and further (gradual)... 31st October 2016 · 1 min read
Latin America Chart Pack Governments tighten the purse strings The past month has seen governments across Latin America announce belt-tightening measures for 2017 as part of their continued efforts to repair balance sheets following the drop in commodity revenues... 21st September 2016 · 1 min read
Latin America Chart Pack Latest rise in food inflation should prove short-lived Food inflation has risen further in several economies in Latin America over the past month. The increase has been especially sharp in Brazil and Colombia, but food inflation has also edged up in Chile... 25th August 2016 · 1 min read
Latin America Chart Pack Brazil turning the corner The downturn in Latin America appears to have bottomed out in the second quarter of this year. Our GDP Tracker suggests that the region’s economy contracted by 1.2% y/y in Q2, compared to 1.5% y/y in... 27th July 2016 · 1 min read
Latin America Chart Pack Brexit roils Lat Am markets but economic fallout limited The UK’s vote to leave the European Union has triggered sharp falls in financial markets in Latin America but the economic fallout for the region should be limited. The UK is a relatively small export... 28th June 2016 · 1 min read
Latin America Chart Pack Brazil: promising policies, problematic politics Events in Brazil have dominated the past month. The new government under interim president, Michel Temer, has announced a string of market-friendly policies aimed at stabilising the economy, but it... 25th May 2016 · 1 min read
Latin America Chart Pack Conditions improve, but activity remains depressed The latest activity data from across Latin America have been encouraging, but the bigger picture is that the region’s economy is still struggling. Industrial and retail output in Brazil fell at a... 28th April 2016 · 1 min read
Latin America Chart Pack Conditions improve, but activity remains depressed The latest activity data from across Latin America have been encouraging, but the bigger picture is that the region’s economy is still struggling. Industrial and retail output in Brazil fell at a... 28th April 2016 · 1 min read
Latin America Chart Pack Still struggling Financial markets across Latin America have fared well over the past month but the incoming economic data suggest that the region is still struggling. Most of the attention has, of course, focussed on... 30th March 2016 · 1 min read
Latin America Chart Pack Fall in oil prices triggers fiscal responses The past month has seen governments in several countries in Latin America announce measures to repair some of the fiscal damage caused by lower commodity prices. The most impressive package came from... 24th February 2016 · 1 min read
Latin America Chart Pack Making sense of the commodities rout The latest fall in global commodity prices has hit financial markets across the whole of Latin America but the economic impact will be more dispersed. Global energy prices have seen the biggest falls... 27th January 2016 · 1 min read
Latin America Chart Pack Economics takes a back seat to politics The past month in Latin America has seen economics take a back seat to politics. The good news has come from Argentina, where the inauguration of Mauricio Macri as president has buoyed both hopes for... 14th December 2015 · 1 min read
Latin America Chart Pack Argentina: Macri’s economic team takes shape The election of Mauricio Macri , the reformist candidate in Argentina’s presidential election, has transformed the country’s economic outlook. The result was largely anticipated – markets had jumped... 30th November 2015 · 1 min read
Latin America Chart Pack Times a-changin’ in Argentina? The surprise outcome of the presidential election in Argentina has raised the prospect of a shift towards more market-friendly policymaking, following 12 years of populism under successive Kirchner... 28th October 2015 · 1 min read
