Tag: Rodrigo Vergara

• Tuesday, December 13th 2011 - 22:27 UTC

  Chile leaves benchmark interest rate unchanged for sixth straight month: 5.25%

  

  Chile’s central bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged for the sixth straight month at 5.25%, as slowing global growth shows little sign of damping inflation and demand in the world’s biggest copper producer.

• Monday, October 17th 2011 - 21:36 UTC

  Chile not immune but has “the tools to mitigate possible impacts”

  

  Chile’s central bank and government have monetary and fiscal instruments to respond if growth moderates faster than forecast amid concern over the European debt crisis, bank board member Rodrigo Vergara said.