Latin America Data Response Brazil & Chile Consumer Prices (Sep.) September’s data confirm that the sharp drop in inflation in Brazil is bottoming out. This supports the view that Copom is likely to slow the pace of easing at this month’s policy meeting. 6th October 2017 · 1 min read
Emerging Markets Economic Outlook Nearing the cyclical peak Economic growth looks set to strengthen in most EMs over the next year, but the cycle is now close to peaking in China and parts of Central and Eastern Europe. 5th October 2017 · 1 min read
Latin America Economics Update What to watch for in upcoming elections Latin America’s economic recovery is strengthening but a series of elections over the coming months has added some uncertainty to the outlook. The immediate focus will be on upcoming votes in... 5th October 2017 · 1 min read
Latin America Economics Update Survey data suggest recovery is grinding on The broad picture to emerge from September’s business surveys is that the economic recovery in Latin America is continuing. The latest surveys do not fully capture the disruption caused by last month... 2nd October 2017 · 1 min read
Emerging Markets Economics Update EM manufacturing still in decent shape The latest Markit PMI surveys suggest that conditions in emerging market manufacturing eased a touch at the end of Q3, but remain robust compared with the past few years. 2nd October 2017 · 1 min read
Latin America Economics Update Rally in Lat Am markets cools, but strong Q3 overall Latin America’s financial markets have come under a bit of pressure over the past week or so but the bigger picture is that they have had a strong Q3 overall, comfortably outperforming markets in... 28th September 2017 · 1 min read
Latin America Chart Pack Recovery in Latin America steps up a gear The past month has brought further evidence that the recovery in Latin America is picking up pace. Our GDP Tracker suggests that regional growth is now running at a three-year high of 3% y/y. The... 27th September 2017 · 1 min read
Frontier Markets Wrap Oil price jump fails to lift markets in oil exporters The jump in oil prices, from $51pb at the start of September to around $59pb at the time of writing, should provide a fillip to the large frontier oil economies, such as Saudi Arabia, Nigeria and... 26th September 2017 · 1 min read
Emerging Europe Economics Update EM inflation picks up from eight-year low Aggregate EM inflation rebounded in August, having fallen to an eight-year low in July. But while we expect fuel and food inflation to edge up over the coming months, easing core price pressures... 25th September 2017 · 1 min read
Latin America Data Response Mexico Bi-Weekly CPI (Sep.) Data to the middle of September showed that Mexican inflation fell for the first time in almost eighteen months, suggesting that the headline rate may now have peaked. We expect inflation to fall... 22nd September 2017 · 1 min read
Emerging Markets Economics Chart Pack EM recovery continues at the start of Q3 The latest activity data from EMs suggest that the economic recovery continued at the start of Q3. Consumer spending has continued to pick up across most regions, while both industrial production and... 13th September 2017 · 1 min read
Emerging Markets Trade Monitor EM export slowdown to be very gradual Having slowed in Q2, emerging market (EM) export growth ticked up a little at the start of Q3. However, this is likely to be temporary and EM export growth is set to soften over the remainder of the... 12th September 2017 · 1 min read
Emerging Markets Economics Update Emerging Markets Capital Flows Monitor (Aug.) Net capital outflows from emerging markets slowed a bit in August, but the big picture is that they remained low by recent standards. Portfolio inflows weakened from the highs recorded earlier in Q3. 8th September 2017 · 1 min read
Latin America Economics Update Brazil: Temer clings on but hopes for pension reform fading Brazil’s government should continue to make headway in reforming a number of areas of the economy, but we think that the prospects of meaningful reform to the country’s pension system is now no more... 5th September 2017 · 1 min read
Latin America Data Response Brazil Industrial Production & Chile IMACEC (Jul.) The 0.8% m/m rise in Brazilian industrial production in July suggests that, after softening in Q2, the economy got off to a decent start in Q3. Meanwhile, economic activity data for Chile add to the... 5th September 2017 · 1 min read
Emerging Markets Economics Update EM manufacturing still going strong in Q3 Last month’s PMIs suggest that conditions in EM manufacturing sectors improved in Q3, supported by most of the major BRIC economies. 1st September 2017 · 1 min read