Currency concerns prevent interest rate cut in Peru

The fact that the Peruvian nuevo sol has been caught up in the latest EM currency sell-off probably convinced policymakers to leave interest rates unchanged at 3.25% last night. But with economic growth still weak and inflation likely to fall further from here, we still think that there is a good chance of one more 25bp interest rate cut in the first half of this year.

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