Wirtschaft/ Politik Chile

 

Chile's economic activity bounced back in September driven by gains in mining and services, as the central bank bides its time to determine when it will deliver another interest rate cut....

Chile's central bank held its key interest rate unchanged for the second meeting as policymakers await clearer signs that fresh consumer price risks are subsiding and inflation will slow to target....

Latin American Political Earthquake: Milei's Midterm Victory In Argentina Puts Chile In Focus Ahead Of Elections After Javier Milei's surprise midterm victory in Argentina (documented here), along with the market reaction (see the Goldman note here), attention now shifts across the Andes to Chile's first-round presidential election next month. Cryptocurrency-based prediction market Polymarket shows a potential victory for conservative free-market candidate Jose Antonio Kast, who is politically aligned with Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil and Milei in Argentina. The trend suggests that socialist power in Latin America may be weakening.  Chile Presidential Election: Kast: Social conservative, focuses his campaign on crime and immigration. Promises spending cuts, but would need congressional alliances to govern, limiting drastic policy moves. Johannes Kaiser: Anti-establishment libertarian, similar to Milei, but with limited support. Jeannette Jara (leftist, Communist Party affiliation)...

Political debates have flared across Chile over artificial intelligence. Should the nation pour billions into A.I. and risk public backlash, or risk being left behind?...

Over-zealous officials in Chile have admitted they double counted inflation when setting electricity rates. That confession sent price-growth expectations for a year ahead below the target 3%, and led the energy minister to lose his job....

Chile's consumer prices rose in line with estimates last month as the central bank warns of increased inflation risks, adding uncertainty to bets on how soon the next interest rate cut could come....

Chile's economic activity tumbled on the month in August, reflecting the impact of an accident that temporarily halted output at a major mine in the world's top copper-producing nation....

Chile's central bank said there are inflation risks that “should not be ignored or downplayed” and that any moves to its interest rate require a careful analysis, according to the minutes to its last policy meeting....

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Chile's government will keep a tight rein on spending in 2026, raising fiscal expenditure by less than in previous years even as the nation heads to the polls in November, the new finance minister said....

Chile President Gabriel Boric pushed back against the central bank's assessment that some of his administration's policies are hurting the labor market, marking a rare critique of the monetary authority....

Chile's central bank held its key interest rate unchanged following a cut at the prior meeting as policymakers warned of the risk of sustained inflation in a country that hasn't hit the target in more than four years....

Chile's consumer prices were unchanged last month, according to a report published one day before central bankers meet to set the benchmark interest rate....

Astrónomos estadounidenses afirman que, sin más fondos para financiar la construcción de telescopios y las operaciones de investigación, EE.UU. corre el riesgo de perder terreno en este campo....

Chile's economy kicked off the third quarter with solid monthly expansion driven by mining, as the pace of domestic activity becomes a central theme ahead of this year's presidential election....

Former Finance Minister Mario Marcel helped reduce the perception of risk in Chile to the lowest level in years, no mean feat in a government that originally intended to overhaul the country's free-market economy and backed a rewrite of the constitution. His surprise resignation Thursday jolted traders....

Chile President Gabriel Boric named Nicolas Grau as the nation's new finance minister on Thursday, tapping a longtime leftist ally to fill the void after his cabinet's most market-friendly member quit....

Chile Finance Minister Mario Marcel resigned from his position on Thursday, CNN Chile reported. His decision was due to personal reasons, local television station Canal 13 said....

Chile's economy down-shifted on quarterly basis in the April-June period as headwinds including high unemployment and global uncertainty tempered activity in one of Latin America's richest nations....

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