Colombia

We see a 25bps hike in the benchmark rate to 8.25% the most likely outcome of today's monetary policy meeting, as both headline and core CPI remain high, increasing to 5.39% y-o-y... 2008-08-15

In spite of the remarkable economic resilience exhibited across the region earlier in the year, global headwinds have now started to damage the macroeconomic outlook in Latin America.... 2008-08-14

Despite the large headline figure, we see the July inflation data for Colombia as being supportive of our view that BanRep's hiking cycle is over and inflation will converge towards... 2008-08-04

BMI View: Latin America's central banks - most notably in Brazil, Colombia and Mexico - have gained a lot of credibility with the breadth and depth of respective monetary cycles in... 2008-07-28

Colombia's monetary policymakers undoubtedly face a tough decision when they meet later today. Despite June's surprise pause in monetary tightening, the underlying dilemma facing... 2008-07-25

As we suggested last week (see 'COP: Assessing The Damage', June 27), the rapid sell-off in the Colombian peso in late June was driven more by headline risk (which was overblown,... 2008-07-03

Inflationary pressures are hurting across the Andean, and despite a reluctance to raise rates (for fear of stoking further FX appreciation), central bankers have little alternative,... 2008-07-02