Latin America Publications
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- Durable goods and targeted credit programmes continue to cushion consumption in Brazil.
- Food inflation and softer essential spending point to growing pressure on household purchasing power.
- Fiscal and quasi-fiscal stimulus support near-term activity but complicate the disinflation process.
- Manufacturing continues to drag on activity in Mexico, due to weak demand and capex.
- Construction volatility and the uneven execution of public investments are limiting a broader recovery.
- Mining and AI-linked exports offer partial support, but industry still points to subdued growth in H2.
- Food, fuel and services inflation in Brazil continue to rise, complicating the COPOM’s easing.
- Extractive industries and autos are supporting activity, while manufacturing and capex remain weak.
- Higher oil prices and still-elevated real rates are exposing the fragile composition of growth.
- Services inflation and labour-cost indexation are driving higher inflation in Colombia.
- Food and weather shocks add pressure, but excess demand increasingly dominates the outlook.
- BanRep likely will continue to hike, as persistent inflation will require more action ahead.
- Chile’s weak goods production and softer capex are offsetting decent consumer spending growth.
- The fuel-related inflation surge reinforces BCCh’s caution, even if domestic-driven forces are curbed.
- External shocks, oil volatility and weaker activity leave policymakers facing a difficult trade-off.
- BanRep’s unanimous hold risks misinterpretation as inflation rises; the policy stance is behind the curve.
- Rising expectations and resilient demand expose insufficient tightening, reinforcing the need for more.
- Fiscal slippage and market repricing tighten conditions independently, increasing pressure ahead.
OIL SHOCK FEEDS INTO INFLATION, DELAYING EASING CYCLES
- DISINFLATION STALLS, CENTRAL BANKS TURN MORE CAUTIOUS
- IGAE data in Mexico confirm slowing growth, with industry weak and services losing support.
- Labour market remains tight, but employment growth slows as activity weakens and capex stays subdued.
- Banxico will ease gradually, as weaker growth builds slack but inflation keeps policy restrictive.
- Consumption remains resilient in Brazil, but mostly in essentials; discretionary spending is struggling.
- Rising oil prices increase inflation risk, forcing a slower and more cautious monetary easing path.
- Growth is holding up, but momentum is fading as activity becomes less broad-based and more fragile.
- Fuel and food drove inflation in Brazil, but broader price pressures are now beginning to emerge.
- Disinflation persists in parts of the basket, but momentum is slowing and becoming uneven.
- The COPOM will continue easing cautiously, as higher inflation and risks limit scope for aggressive cuts.
- BanRep raised rates last week, as inflation remains persistent and expectations are still de-anchored.
- Institutional tensions between the government and central bank risk undermining BanRep’s credibility.
- Fiscal fragility and external shocks also reinforce the need for a prolonged restrictive stance going forward.
IRAN-WAR SHOCK COMPLICATES LATAM EASING CYCLE
- OIL-DRIVEN INFLATION DELAYS POLICY NORMALISATION
- Banxico’s policy surprise reflects weaker activity, with the inflation spike considered temporary.
- External shocks from oil and tighter financial conditions raise upside risks and constrain easing.
- Disinflation is becoming more uneven; Banxico must balance supporting growth against inflation risk.
- Consumption in Colombia remains strong, but weak capex undermines medium-term growth prospects.
- Tight financial conditions and fiscal consolidation will weigh on demand, exposing fragile growth dynamics.
- Higher oil prices offer support, but inflation pressures and policy tightening limit upside for activity.
- Mexico’s industrial output fell sharply in January as key sub-sectors weakened simultaneously.
- Soft external demand, tight financial conditions and policy uncertainty continue to weigh on activity.
- Infrastructure spending and US supply-chain integration will likely support a gradual recovery in H2.
- Brazil’s jobless rate remains at historic lows, indicating labour demand is still far above sustainable levels.
- Real wage growth above 5% keeps services inflation sticky and limits room for rapid easing.
- Rising oil prices from Middle East tensions add upside inflation risk, impeding the COPOM’s policy path.
LATAM ACTIVITY STABILISES AS POLICY PATHS DIVERGE
- DISINFLATION PROVES UNEVEN, WHILE POLITICAL RISK INTENSIFIES
- Brazil’s IPCA-15 upside surprise reflects education and transport seasonality, not renewed pressures.
- Core trends have stabilised near target, reinforcing scope for gradual COPOM easing from this month.
- Fiscal uncertainty clouds the rate-cutting pace despite soft activity, steady prices and BRL rebound.
- An agriculture-led rebound lifted Argentina’s Q4 growth, yet job gains remain limited and uneven.
- Inflation is picking up at the margin, testing the durability of the success seen in recent quarters.
- Fiscal surpluses anchor credibility, but market access hinges on sustained discipline and reform.
- Food volatility lifted headline inflation in Mexico, but underlying dynamics remain the policy constraint.
- Core inflation is moderating slightly, yet stickiness in services is keeping Banxico cautious about easing.
- Gradual disinflation supports rate cuts in Q2, though risks remain tilted modestly upwards.
