According to the research team at BBH, the Peruvian central bank is expected to hike its benchmark rate by 25 bps at this week’s meeting.
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“Peru’s central bank meets Thursday and is expected to hike rates 25 bp to 4.25%”.
“January CPI came in higher than expected at 4.61% y/y, moving it further above the 1-3% target range”.
“The bank has picked up its pace of tightening. After the first hike in September, it didn’t hike again until December. Since then, it hiked in January and now possibly in February, which would make it every month”.
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