News of interest rates

Bloomberg

Central Bank to pause run of rate cuts

12-03-2020 22:33 Central Bank plans to keep its policy rate unchanged, as it weighs the impact of sell-off on world markets.

Interest rate cuts

Central Bank will continue lowering rates to curb inflation

04-03-2020 17:00 Central Bank plans to keep reducing its key interest rates further as inflation is expected to decelerate and as a tool to reduce debt costs.

CENTRAL BANK

Central Bank cuts interest rates for fourth time in just over a month

17-01-2020 13:49 The reforms consist of a reduction in interest rates to improve demand and will allow companies to send foreign currency to enhance international trade and capital control.

FINANCIAL POLICY

Brazilian Central Bank cuts interest rate to record low

19-09-2019 16:30 Monetary authority slashes interest rates to a record low 5.5% for the second time in less than two months, as Latin America's biggest economy expresses concerns over "more intense slowdown in the global economy."

BLOOMBERG

Central Bank raises rate floor to 78% as prices soar

18-09-2019 21:27 The rate floor will lower to 68% for all of October, while Central Bank officials project that Argentina’s monetary base will grow at a monthly rate of 2.5% in September and October.

Bloomberg

Argentine bondholders pull out old guidebook to flee country

08-09-2019 08:55 “Many investors thought Argentina was on its way to becoming Chile or Colombia – stable, investment grade,” said Leo Chialva, a partner at Buenos Aires-based consulting firm Delphos Investment. “Those large funds are horrified by the latest measures.”

BLOOMBERG

Latin America's central banks poised to join global rate cut party

25-07-2019 09:52 Brazil, Peru and Mexico indicate rate cuts are on the cards, but Argentina remains the outlier.

BLOOMBERG

Chile’s Central Bank on its surprise cut: 'You had been warned'

10-06-2019 14:20 Chile’s Central Bank cut rates last week, seeking to shore up their economies against a worsening US-China trade war.

AFTER INTEREST RATE HIKE

Dollar jumps 20 cents to 21 pesos

02-05-2018 11:40 The Central Bank, which raised interest rates Friday, has vowed to act again if high inflation continues to be a problem.