Colombia

BMI View: We have grown extremely bearish on Latin America's growth prospects as the region faces a darker age of lower commodity prices, stricter financing, and waning demand. In... 2008-12-23

BMI View: We have grown extremely bearish on Latin America's growth prospects as the region faces a darker age of lower commodity prices, stricter financing, and waning demand. In... 2008-12-23

BMI View: Ecuador's outright suspension of external debt payments, which has triggered the first major default since Argentina in 2001, will inevitably put Latin America's sovereign... 2008-12-15

On December 5 BMI suggested that Colombia may find it difficult to attain investment grade status next year, counter to previous assumptions, due to global market distress and a worsening... 2008-12-08

BMI View: As BMI has alluded to for some time, 2009 is gearing up to be all about disinflation, as concerns over price pressures give way to falling consumer confidence and sluggish... 2008-12-05

After drawing a line under our bullish outlook towards the Colombian peso back in August, the currency has sold off some 25% against the US dollar, to close at COP2,361/US$ on December... 2008-12-03

One of the more worrying trends starting to surface in Latin America this year has been the softening of industrial production (IP) across the region. Indeed, the chart below depicts... 2008-12-01

After holding up reasonably well in the first half of November, Latin America's benchmark currencies have started to look pretty dicey again versus the US dollar. Risk aversion is... 2008-11-24

We have taken a closer look at some Latin cross-rates against the British pound, after sterling sold off to its lowest level against the euro on record on November 13. A combination... 2008-11-14

The sovereign credit profile in Latin America has deteriorated markedly since the last edition of our proprietary risk ratings, to the point where the region's creditworthiness is... 2008-11-13