Matthew Malinowski

1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Matthew Malinowski |Carolina Gonzalez

(Bloomberg) -- Chile’s central bank kept its interest rate unchanged and signaled it will resume cuts in coming months as long as the economic impact from global uncertainty — including the Middle East conflict — remains limited. Policymakers led by Rosanna Costa voted unanimously to hold borrowing costs steady at 5% late Tuesday, as expected by 16 of 21 analysts in a Bloomberg survey. The remaining five forecast a quarter-point reduction to 4.75%.

1 month ago | bloomberglinea.com | Andrew Rosati |Matthew Malinowski |Gustavo Minas

Bloomberg — La inflación anual de Brasil se desaceleró a principios de mayo, aunque se mantuvo muy por encima del objetivo, mientras el banco central insiste en sus planes de mantener las tasas de interés altas durante más tiempo para controlar las presiones sobre los precios.

1 month ago | bloomberglinea.com.br | Andrew Rosati |Matthew Malinowski

Bloomberg — A inflação anual do Brasil desacelerou, embora tenha permanecido acima da meta no início de maio, com o Banco Central insistindo em seus planos de manter a taxa de juros alta por mais tempo para controlar as pressões sobre os preços. O Índice Nacional de Preços ao Consumidor Amplo 15 (IPCA-15), que mede a prévia da inflação oficial, ficou em 0,36% em maio. A taxa é inferior às observadas nas prévias do mês anterior (0,43%) e de maio de 2024 (0,44%).

1 month ago | bloomberg.com | Andrew Rosati |Matthew Malinowski

Shoppers at the Conjunto Nacional shopping center in Brasilia, Brazil. (Bloomberg) -- Brazil’s consumer prices rose less than forecast in early May, fueling bets that the central bank will halt its cycle of interest rate hikes while keeping its monetary policy restrictive going forward to tame inflation. Official data released Tuesday showed consumer prices rose 5.4% from a year prior, under all estimates in a Bloomberg survey of analysts that had a 5.49% median forecast.

1 month ago | bloomberglinea.com | Matthew Malinowski |Jeenah Moon

Bloomberg — El candidato ultraconservador chileno José Antonio Kast empató con la candidata de centroderecha Evelyn Matthei en una nueva encuesta presidencial, lo que supone el último giro en la carrera por liderar una de las economías más ricas de América Latina. Kast obtuvo el apoyo del 17% de los encuestados, frente al 14% de la semana anterior y el 13% a principios de mayo, según una encuesta de Cadem publicada el domingo por la noche.