Carolina Gonzalez

O Chile tem uma janela de oportunidade para vender dívida no exterior, com os spreads soberanos próximos das mínimas de quase duas décadas, enquanto investidores ignoram a escalada do conflito no Oriente Médio, o aumento das preocupações com as contas públicas e a estagnação da economia.

As Chile’s economy grinds to a halt, the government is placing ever more hopes on the impact of a bill to cut taxes and red tape. Economists are starting to get skeptical.

Chile’s Congress is expected to dispatch President José Antonio Kast’s wide-ranging economic bill as soon as this week after approving its core provisions, including a series of tax cuts to stave off recession.

Chile’s central bank is expected to hold its benchmark interest rate unchanged for a fifth straight meeting on Tuesday, a point of stability in a market whipsawed by events in the Middle East.

Chile is returning to international debt markets for the second time in 2026, just a few weeks after Congress raised the limit on sovereign bond sales this year.

Chile’s peso borrowing costs risk hitting highs for the year in August as the Middle East conflict drags into its sixth month, even as the economy struggles to gain momentum.

LATAM Airlines Group SA posted quarterly earnings that exceeded expectations and boosted its full-year guidance, saying it expects more favorable conditions for the remainder of the year despite high fuel costs.

Cencosud SA, one of Latin America’s largest retailers, reported a sharp drop in quarterly earnings due to the expense of the company’s new strategic plan.

Fitch Ratings is skeptical that tax cuts approved by Chile’s Congress last month will boost growth by enough to offset the immediate drop in revenue, leaving the emphasis on fiscal spending reductions if the government wants to balance the books anytime soon.

Chile received a record number of Brazilian tourists last month as ski resorts reopened, a silver lining to the deluge of rain and heavy snows that have battered the Latin America country for weeks, and a shot in the arm to a struggling tourism industry and economy.