Latin America
Peru / Economy
Having brought an end to sideways trading against the US dollar with a break through key resistance at PEN2.8400/US$ at the beginning of March, on a technical basis the Peruvian sol looks ripe for further appreciation. Peru's external environment lends additional weight to this view, with strong commodity prices and the return of global risk appetite indicating that a period of...
2010-03-10Brazil / Economy
Risk appetite made a striking comeback towards the end of last week, and we are turning outright bullish Brazilian stocks and the Mexican peso, initiating both views in our Key Market...
2010-03-08Brazil / Economy
A renewed boost of confidence in Brazil's economy has seen the government's US$ Global 2027 bond rally in recent trading, with the yield on the instrument compressing towards 6.1%...
2010-03-02Analysis On Fixed Income, Fx & Equity Markets
Brazil
Risk appetite made a striking comeback towards the end of last week, and we are turning outright bullish Brazilian stocks and the Mexican peso, initiating both views in our Key Market...
2010-03-08Brazil
A renewed boost of confidence in Brazil's economy has seen the government's US$ Global 2027 bond rally in recent trading, with the yield on the instrument compressing towards 6.1%...
2010-03-02Venezuela
The Venezuelan stock market has come under some corrective pressure in recent weeks, undoing much of the thrust seen in the immediate aftermath of the bolivar devaluation. The benchmark...
2010-02-26Nicaragua
BMI View: We expect the political temperature to rise in Nicaragua in 2010, as President Daniel Ortega ploughs forth with his controversial re-election plans. Any further attempts...
2010-02-26BMI View: Robust economic recoveries have seen a continued improvement in the ability of Latin American sovereigns to service external debt obligations. However, large external imbalances...
2010-02-18Latin America's sovereign creditworthiness has taken a severe hit since our last sovereign risk ratings update on the region, following a series of downgrades to our core economic...
2009-05-29Argentina
The financial storm that swept across global markets last year has rapidly degenerated into an economic hurricane. Consequently, we have grown bearish on Latin America's economic...
2009-01-30There has been a broad-based reduction in Latin America's sovereign risk scores in the latest update of our ratings, as the region continues to feel the tremors of financial woes...
2008-07-24Peru
Having brought an end to sideways trading against the US dollar with a break through key resistance at PEN2.8400/US$ at the beginning of March, on a technical basis the Peruvian sol...
2010-03-10Brazil
After testing the crucial BRL1.7000/US$ technical level in November, the Brazilian real has struggled to remain on its impressive appreciatory course, which has seen the unit rally...
2010-01-14Argentina
The Argentine peso has seen a pause in its steep descent in recent months, stopping just short of its 2002 all-time low at ARS3.8900/US$, suggesting that the Banco Central de la República...
2009-12-03Haiti
We expect the Haitian gourde to see out the year at the current level of HTG39.75/US$, albeit with slight downside risks should the authorities decide to weaken the currency in a...
2009-09-08
