The Central Bank of Chile It would raise the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) to 5% at its meeting at the end of January, in the accelerated withdrawal of the monetary stimulus that it had maintained since the arrival of the coronavirus pandemic in the country, said a survey of the organization to operators on Monday.
The MPR -which has been at 4% since mid-December- would rise again in March to 5.5%, in May to 6% and would remain at that level until January 2023 when it would drop to 5.75 percent.
For their part, consumer prices They would increase by 0.5% in December, with which inflation would accumulate 5% in 12 months, above the tolerance range of the Central Bank.
The Chilean peso will trade at 850 units per dollar in seven and 28 days, according to traders.