Peru

Latin American equity indices have undergone a severe bear market in 2008, closing the year down almost 60% in some cases. While equity markets across the world have seen enormous... 2009-01-02

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

Our interest rate targets for 2008 in Brazil, Chile and Peru have now been met following the recent policy rate meetings in all three countries. In October, we decisively shifted... 2008-12-12

The Peruvian nuevo sol should remain one of the better performing majors in Latin America in the short term, largely thanks to the central bank's eagerness to defend the currency... 2008-12-09

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 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

The The Banco Central de Reserva del Perú (BCRP) continues to sell its US dollar assets in an effort to prevent the Peruvian sol from selling off sharply. Although this has seen... 2008-11-14