Jump in oil prices is a net benefit for Latin America

Latin America is one of the few regions to have benefitted from the $25pb jump in oil prices over the past six months or so: higher prices provide a prop to regional growth and, for now at least, the impact on inflation will be limited. The benefit of higher prices will vary from country to country as well as across different sectors, but in aggregate the only major loser is Chile.

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