Emerging Markets Economics Update Observations from the surge in EM FX bond issuance The continued rise in EM sovereign FX debt sales this year suggests that EM governments have accepted the need to issue at higher yields, but are doing so at shorter maturities than in the past. And... 29th July 2025 · 6 mins read
Latin America Chart Pack Latin America Chart Pack (Jul. 2025) Our Latin America Economics Chart Pack has been updated with the latest data and our analysis of recent developments. President Trump’s tariff threats this month put Latin America in the firing line... 29th July 2025 · 1 min read
Latin America Economics Weekly Latin America Weekly: Financial lifeline for Pemex, busy week for central banks In a busy week for central banks, we expect policymakers in Chile and Colombia to resume their easing cycle and Copom to leave its policy rate unchanged. But the overarching picture in Latin America... 25th July 2025 · 9 mins read
Latin America Rapid Response Brazil IPCA-15 (Jul. 2025) The stable Brazilian mid-month inflation reading for July (of 5.3% y/y), signs that underlying core inflation is easing, and the resilience of the real all but confirm that Copom won’t hike rates... 25th July 2025 · 2 mins read
Latin America Economics Update Hopes for deeper Brazil-Mexico trade won’t materialise President Trump’s recent tariff threats have led to renewed impetus among Mexican and Brazilian authorities to boost trade ties between Latin America’s two largest two economies – and reduce their... 21st July 2025 · 3 mins read
Latin America Economics Weekly Latin America Weekly: Lula and Trump up the ante The USTR’s opening of a Section 301 investigation into Brazil this week and Lula’s fiery rhetoric in response makes it even harder to see a way in which Brazil avoids punitive US tariffs. The hit to... 18th July 2025 · 5 mins read
Latin America Economics Weekly Latin America Weekly: Lat Am in Trump’s firing line, good news on inflation The broad-based falls shown in the CPI figures for June suggest that the inflation picture in Latin America has become a bit better, supporting our view that central banks in many places will deliver... 11th July 2025 · 5 mins read
Event LatAm Drop-In: Brazil under pressure – Macro and market outcomes in a higher tariff world 23rd September 2025, 3:00PM BST Brazil now faces the highest non-reciprocal US tariff rates in the world – a stark sign of the breakdown in US-Brazil relations.
Event LatAm Drop-In: Iran conflict and the implications for Latin America 11th March 2026, 3:00PM GMT How will the surge in energy prices affect Latin American economies – and how might the region’s central banks respond?
Capital Daily Brazil just isn’t big enough to rattle global markets Donald Trump’s planned imposition of a 50% tariff on Brazil for seemingly political reasons may represent a new milestone, but Brazil simply isn’t a big enough trading partner of the US to rattle... 10th July 2025 · 5 mins read
Emerging Markets Economics Update EM disinflation has further to run Aggregate EM inflation is now at its lowest level in four years, with notable declines this year across Asia. We still think the outlook will be characterised by higher inflation in Latin America and... 10th July 2025 · 5 mins read
Latin America Rapid Response Brazil IPCA (June 2025) There’s little in the Brazilian June CPI print that changes our view that last month’s hike marked the end to Copom’s tightening cycle. But a lot will now depend on how the trade dispute with the US... 10th July 2025 · 2 mins read
Latin America Economics Update Brazil faces Trump’s fire President Trump’s threat to put a 50% tariff on imports from Brazil is less about trade disputes and more about political disagreements, and so it’s harder to see an off-ramp for Brazil compared with... 10th July 2025 · 4 mins read
Latin America Economics Update Lat Am central banks to surprise on the dovish side Our views on the outlook for monetary policy in Latin America have been on the hawkish side for some time, but we now think that there’s scope for interest rates in many countries in the region to... 2nd July 2025 · 3 mins read
Latin America Rapid Response Brazil IPCA-15 (Jun. 2025) The fall in Brazil’s headline inflation rate to 5.3% y/y in the first half of June reinforces our view that the central bank won’t push through further interest rate hikes. An easing cycle is likely... 26th June 2025 · 2 mins read
Latin America Economics Weekly Latin America Weekly: Diverging rate decisions, Middle East war & Lat Am While Chile’s central bank this week flagged that it will resume its easing cycle soon, Brazil’s hiked interest rates and didn’t close the door to additional tightening. But despite Brazilian... 20th June 2025 · 7 mins read
