LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 04 February 2020

On 3 February, Brazil’s federal congress returned to work after the summer recess.... Read More

* Brazil’s foreign trade secretariat in the economy ministry (Secex/ME) has released the figures for the country’s trade balance in January 2020, according to which Brazil recorded a US$1.7bn trade deficit, the first monthly trade deficit for January in five years.... Read More

On 4 February Argentina’s provincial government of Buenos Aires led by Axel Kicillof extended the deadline for holders of the BP21 bond to accept a revised deal seeking a partial debt deferment.... Read More

* Chile’s central bank (BCCh) has released the figures for the monthly economic activity index (Imacec) for December 2019, according to which monthly economic activity expanded 1.1% compared with December 2018, and 3.5% in seasonally adjusted terms compared with November 2019.... Read More