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Currency falls won’t stop rate cuts

The Brazilian real and the Chilean peso both fell sharply over the past week, but we still think that policymakers in both counties will cut their key interest rates in December. Despite positive language from Venezuela’s president, we doubt that dollarisation would be a lasting solution to the country’s inflation problems.

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