Colombia

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

Latin American local rates have barely recovered lost ground since October's unprecedented financial market distress - a tell-tale sign, in our view, that investors remain very much... 2008-11-10

The volatile climate across global financial markets has made it increasingly difficult to gauge short-term moves of late, but our call for a bounce in selective EM FX appears to... 2008-10-29

The risk thermometer in Latin America's credit markets has been off the scale in recent weeks, mirroring the financial shake-out witnessed across the EM universe. Indeed, the spread... 2008-10-22

BMI View : Our shift in focus from inflationary concerns to fears over Colombia's economic growth outlook (first outlined in 'Growth Concerns To The Fore', August 21) has been justified... 2008-09-23

As the global financial turmoil continues to unfold, claiming further victims this week, like insurance heavyweight AIG, UK bank HBOS, and with news surfacing that Washington Mutual... 2008-09-18