Chilean central bank to keep its stance – BBH

By FXStreet In view of analysts at BBH, the Chilean central bank could keep its monetary policy stance unchanged at its meeting later in the week.

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“The Chilean central bank meets Thursday and is expected to keep rates steady at 3.5%”.

“With inflation easing a bit to 4.7% y/y in February, the bank may be able to justify remaining on hold another month”.

“Still, inflation remains above the 2-4% target range and so any reappearance of price pressures should restart the tightening cycle”.

“Chile reports Q4 GDP and current account data Friday. GDP growth is seen slowing to 1.6% y/y from 2.2% in Q3”.
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Source:: FX Street