Chile’s central bank fired the starting gun on a gradual tightening cycle yesterday as it hiked its policy rate by 25bp, to 0.75%. While it signalled that monetary policy will remain accommodative over the next two years, we think that Chile’s strong economic recovery will prompt the central bank to raise the policy rate to its neutral level, at 3.25%, by the end of next year.
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