Argentina

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... 2009-12-03

Although Latin equity markets appear to have largely shrugged off the initial fallout from the Dubai World debt crisis, which surfaced on November 26, we note that a look at the... 2009-12-01

BMI View: Argentina's import restrictions have caused noticeable consternation among neighbouring trading-partners, stoking tensions with Brazil in particular. Although we do not... 2009-12-01

President Cristina Fernández's meeting with her Brazilian counterpart Luis Inacio Lula da Silva in mid-November seems to have brought at least some calm to the trade dispute between... 2009-11-27

BMI View: Highly accommodative fiscal policy and weaker tax revenues are weighing on Argentina's primary surplus. Although the government should be able to muddle through in the... 2009-11-25

BMI View: With the legislature having voted to lift the ban on re-opening a debt restructuring with hold-out investors, the path is clear for Argentina to remove its residual defaulted... 2009-11-19

The uptrend in global equity markets appears to remain firmly in place, following the recent correction in key bourses seen at the end of October, which saw us take profit on our... 2009-11-09