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Copper Weakness Adding Further Pressure On CLP

CHILE
  • Copper futures have declined around 2% on Tuesday and are marginally weighing on the Chilean peso, extending the weak price action on Monday, although intra-day CLP losses are broadly in line with regional peers.
  • Latam FX is underperforming in the face of the weaker greenback following the surprisingly large decline for US JOLTS job openings to 9.93M (cons 10.50M) and the subsequent downward pressure for major equity indices.
  • Busy domestic docket for Chile with the central bank decision and the monetary policy report over the next 24 hours. Focus will then be on Thursday’s March CPI print where the annual headline rate is expected to drop to 11.1% Y/y.
  • The percentage of banks in Chile that reported stricter conditions for corporate loans fell in the first quarter, according to the latest survey of bank loans from the Central Bank of Chile. Full survey here: https://www.bcentral.cl/contenido/-/detalle/encuesta-creditos-bancarios-primer-trimestre-2023
  • As a sidenote, the World Bank have released a report earlier today where they state Latin America and the Caribbean will experience only modest growth this year as the region’s economies suffer from high interest rates and falling commodity prices.

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