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Chile prepares the ground for modest rate hikes

The Central Bank of Chile left its policy interest rate unchanged at 3.00% last night, but the more hawkish accompanying statement pointed to rate hikes in the near future. As such, we are bringing forward our forecast for two 25bp hikes to this year (previously in 2016), although we don’t believe this will mark the start of an aggressive tightening cycle.

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