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COP Jumps On Chilean Peso Bandwagon

COLOMBIA
  • Potential fears that Colombia’s central bank might mirror its Chilean counterpart regarding possible currency intervention appears to have been enough to push COP bears to the sidelines.
    • The Colombian peso has risen a substantial 7%, naturally aided by the softer greenback over the past few sessions.
    • The swap market has also been impacted. Two-year Colombian IBR swap rates dropped roughly 23 bps since last Friday as traders potentially see the stronger currency as reducing the need for more aggressive BanRep action.
  • Data scheduled for today:
    • 1600BST/1100ET: May Colombia Trade Balance M/m, est. -$1.3b, prior -$485.4m
    • May Imports CIF Total, est. $6.36b, prior $6.39b
  • Economic activity rose 16.5% y/y (estimate +18.5%) in May versus revised +11.94% in April, according to the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE).
  • A reminder from yesterday - Colombia has changed the publishing time for CPI data starting in August: Data to be released at 6am local time.

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