Chile

The panic selling that followed the Banco Central de Chile (BCC)'s announcement that it would buy US$12bn in the foreign exchange market in 2011 looks to be running out of steam, with... 2011-01-11

The Chilean central bank's surprise decision to intervene in the foreign exchange markets by purchasing US$12bn in 2011 means we no longer favour the Chilean peso over other regional... 2011-01-04

The Chilean central bank's surprise decision to intervene in the foreign exchange markets by purchasing US$12bn in 2011 means we no longer favour the Chilean peso over other regional... 2011-01-04

Despite a recent bout of weakness against the dollar, the Chilean peso continues to outperform many other regional currencies. A combination of dollar strength and weak industrial... 2010-11-30

One of our key market calls of late has been our preference for Latin America's freer-floating currencies - namely the Chilean and Mexican pesos - over the region's more tightly managed... 2010-11-23

Latin American currencies are continuing to gain on the back of broad dollar weakness in the wake of the US Federal Reserve's decision to pump an additional US$600bn into the US economy... 2010-11-05

With strong weekly closes across the board on October 8, and Asian bourses starting the new week firmly on the front foot, the scene is set for key Latin American equity markets to... 2010-10-11

Having broken decisively through multi-month resistance at CLP485.00/US$, the Chilean peso is looking strong. Now trading around the CLP480.00/US$ level, a break through which would... 2010-10-11

While regional equity markets continue to give little sign of their next moves, several of Latin America's FX majors are rapidly approaching key long-term resistance levels against... 2010-09-10

For some time now, our regional FX favourites have been two pesos, Chilean and Colombian, which have remained on appreciatory trajectories over recent months. Boosted by robust domestic... 2010-08-17