Chile: next in the region to commence rate cuts?

Chile’s central bank (CBC) kept interest rates at 5.25% last night. With the euro-zone debt crisis set to escalate in 2012, the CBC could be the next central bank in Latin America to commence rate cuts. By contrast Colombian policymakers, who meet on Friday, will probably be among the last to begin easing.

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