Merry Christmas, happy holidays and here’s to wishing the best of the new year to our clients, staff, friends and families! While it will be quieter, this two-week edition of the Global Week Ahead ...

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Four more years of this stuff folks, and he hasn’t even taken office yet. Four years of chasing volatile and erratic policy threats and measures with real consequences for markets and the global ...

The year is ending and all is calm on Peru’s economic front. The first thing that we will know at the very beginning of January is how 2024 inflation ended. The key prices that we track point to a ...

Today, the board of Colombia’s central bank (BanRep) surprised economists and markets with a 25bps cut to its monetary policy rate, bringing it to 9.50% in a split decision. Five members voted for a ...

The FOMC took a page from what its northern neighbour did last week and delivered a hawkish 25bps cut. Birds of a feather I ...

The aftermath of the FOMC’s more hawkish pivot continues to reverberate through global markets. US equity futures are a little more stable with small gains this morning and the US yield curve is ...

As the holidays approach, many people take time off to rest, but fraudsters ramp up their efforts. December is a peak time for scams, with businesses operating with reduced staff and individuals that ...

All Canadian provinces are poised for better growth in 2025, despite anticipating stronger policy headwinds in late 2025 and 2026 from both domestic and international fronts (chart 1). Consumption is ...

On Monday, December 16 th, the National Institute of Statistics (DANE) published the manufacturing production and retail sales data for October 2024. Manufacturing production increased 1.1% compared ...

Higher core inflation and significant multilateral depreciation of the CLP will lead to pauses in cuts, starting in January 2025 On Tuesday, December 17 th, the Central Bank cut the policy rate by 25 ...

Markets are cautious to kick off a packed week It’s a big day for Canada watchers that starts with data, cabinet shuffle rumours BoC Governor Macklem’s speech ...