Chile’s Central Bank, BCCh, recently reduced the monetary policy rate (TPM) by 75 basis points to 8.25%. Despite this cut, Chile still has one of the world’s most contractionary TPMs. A report by Scotiabank estimates Chile’s real TPM in December to be 3.75%. This ranks it among the five highest globally. In comparison, Chile’s current […]
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