Peru
Economy
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...
2008-11-24Economy
The The Banco Central de Reserva del PerĂº (BCRP) continues to sell its US dollar assets in an effort to prevent the Peruvian sol from selling off sharply. Although this has seen...
2008-11-14Economy
We believe that monetary policymakers in Peru and Chile will keep interest rates on hold at today's rate meetings, despite stubborn inflationary pressures in both countries. Slowing...
2008-11-13Economy
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...
2008-10-29Economy
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...
2008-10-22Economy
The Peruvian IGRA benchmark equity index has taken a heavy beating over the past two weeks, dropping by 27% to close at 7,906 on October 17. This marks a 67% loss for the index since...
2008-10-20Economy
The Peruvian IGRA benchmark equity index has taken a heavy beating over the past two weeks, dropping by 27% to close at 7,906 on October 17. This marks a 67% loss for the index since...
2008-10-20Economy
We expect another eventful week for our main currencies in Latin America, following last week's epic sell-off in the Mexican peso, the Brazilian real and the Chilean peso, which have...
2008-10-13



