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Brazil Ind. Prod. (Nov.) & Chile CPI (Dec.)

The softer-than-expected Brazilian industrial production figure for November of 0.1% m/m underscores the weakness of the economy and supports our view that some of the optimism about growth prospects following Jair Bolsonaro’s election victory is a bit overdone. Elsewhere, even though Chilean inflation fell last month, we think a 25bp interest rate hike at this month’s MPC meeting is likely.

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