Vaccine Gains Bring a Despised President Back From the Brink Bloomberg 3/9/2021 Valentina Fuentes and Matthew Malinowski
(Bloomberg) Just over a year ago, Chile’s billionaire president, Sebastian Pinera, had an approval rating of 6%, the lowest in Latin America. His nation was exploding over inequality and he was dismissed as a hardhearted plutocrat. The demand running wild on social media was: “Pinera, resign.”
Today, Chile is vaccinating its population against Covid at a rate that outstrips most of the world due partly to Pinera’s shrewd dealmaking with drug companies. The result: his approval rating has leaped to between 14% and 20%, with the nation slowly becoming more grateful to the executive at the top.
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Chile Keeps 0.5% Rate With a Quarter of Country in Lockdown
Jan 28 2021, 10:22 PM
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January 28 2021, 10:22 PM
(Bloomberg) Chileâs central bank held its key interest rate at a record low as expanded lockdowns against the coronavirus deliver a fresh blow to demand and confidence amid a fledgling economic recovery.
(Bloomberg) Chileâs central bank held its key interest rate at a record low as expanded lockdowns against the coronavirus deliver a fresh blow to demand and confidence amid a fledgling economic recovery.
The bankâs board, led by its President Mario Marcel, held the overnight rate at 0.5% for the seventh straight meeting on Wednesday, as forecast by analysts. Policy makers also extended a credit facility by six months and expanded it by a further $10 billion.
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