{"id":3953,"date":"2008-05-01T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-01T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2015-01-27T21:17:58","modified_gmt":"2015-01-27T21:17:58","slug":"chile-en-el-2008","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/amchamchile.cl\/en\/noticia\/chile-en-el-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"<!--:es-->Chile en el 2008<!--:--><!--:en-->Chile in 2008<!--:-->"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--:es--><P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">\u201cDurante los \u00faltimos seis meses, he dado tres charlas sobre el panorama para Chile en el 2008 y cada vez he sido m\u00e1s pesimista\u201d, confes\u00f3 Roberto M\u00e9ndez, director de la firma de encuestas de opini\u00f3n Adimark GfK, en un desayuno de la AmCham realizado el 9 de abril.<\/P><br \/>\n<P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">A marzo, el \u00cdndice de Percepci\u00f3n Econ\u00f3mica de Adimark mostraba que la confianza de los consumidores en Chile se encontraba en un nivel m\u00ednimo de cinco a\u00f1os. En el 2004 y el 2005, hacia el t\u00e9rmino del Gobierno del presidente Ricardo Lagos, las expectativas se hab\u00eda vuelto m\u00e1s positivas, pero desde marzo del 2006 -cuando la presidenta Michelle Bachelet asumi\u00f3 el mando de la naci\u00f3n- han ido disminuyendo cada mes, destac\u00f3.<\/P><br \/>\n<P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">\u201cLo que es interesante es que esta tendencia es muy similar a la de Estados Unidos\u201d, destac\u00f3 M\u00e9ndez. \u201cEn Estados Unidos, tambi\u00e9n hay que retroceder hasta marzo del 2003 -con la invasi\u00f3n de Irak y el alza de los precios del petr\u00f3leo- para encontrar un nivel de confianza tan bajo como el que hay ahora\u201d.<\/P><br \/>\n<P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">Pero \u00bfpor qu\u00e9 este pesimismo cuando, despu\u00e9s de todo, el desempe\u00f1o de la econom\u00eda chilena no es tan malo? \u00bfSe trata s\u00f3lo de otro signo de la globalizaci\u00f3n? \u201cUn elemento nuevo y muy importante en Chile es la inflaci\u00f3n\u201d, sugiri\u00f3 M\u00e9ndez.<\/P><br \/>\n<P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">Seg\u00fan el sondeo de marzo de Adimark, el 75% de los chilenos prev\u00e9 que la inflaci\u00f3n se mantendr\u00e1 alta en los pr\u00f3ximos 12 meses. \u201cNunca antes, desde que comenzamos a medir esta variable en el 2002, la cifra hab\u00eda sido tan alta\u2026 y eso es serio, porque significa que la gente no le cree al Banco Central cuando dice que vamos a volver a niveles de inflaci\u00f3n en torno al 3%\u201d, dijo M\u00e9ndez a los miembros de la AmCham y sus invitados en el desayuno.<\/P><br \/>\n<P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">La reciente alza de la inflaci\u00f3n -que lleg\u00f3 a una tasa a 12 meses del 8,5% en marzo- ha sido \u201cextraordinariamente peligrosa y cruel\u201d, advirti\u00f3. Los aumentos de los precios se han concentrado en los alimentos y servicios b\u00e1sicos como la electricidad y, cuando se corrigen por la importancia que tienen estos \u00edtems en los presupuestos de los hogares pobres, los salarios reales muestran una baja del 3,3% durante los \u00faltimos dos a\u00f1os.<\/P><br \/>\n<P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">\u201cEso me preocupa desde el punto de vista del clima social\u201d, indic\u00f3 M\u00e9ndez. \u201cSugiere que las presiones laborales ser\u00e1n muy fuertes este a\u00f1o debido a que la sensaci\u00f3n en los sectores de bajos ingresos es que son m\u00e1s pobres y, de hecho, las cifras muestran que eso es as\u00ed\u201d.<\/P><br \/>\n<P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">Pese al pesimismo, las ventas de viviendas se han mantenido razonablemente estables y, por ejemplo, las ventas de autom\u00f3viles -impulsadas por la fortaleza del peso- se encuentran en niveles r\u00e9cord. Sin embargo, el \u00cdndice de Percepci\u00f3n Econ\u00f3mica de Adimark sugiere que esta situaci\u00f3n podr\u00eda cambiar pronto.<\/P><br \/>\n<P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">En marzo, s\u00f3lo un 25% de los encuestados indicaba que era un buen momento para comprar una vivienda, el nivel m\u00e1s bajo del indicador desde el 2002. \u201cEn otras palabras, hay un enorme riesgo de que el pesimismo se vea reflejado en la demanda\u201d, advirti\u00f3 M\u00e9ndez.<\/P><br \/>\n<P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">No obstante, seg\u00fan las distintas encuestas de opini\u00f3n, el modelo econ\u00f3mico de libre mercado de Chile sigue disfrutando de un fuerte respaldo entre la poblaci\u00f3n, en especial entre la gente joven. Quiz\u00e1s m\u00e1s que entre los l\u00edderes del pa\u00eds, observ\u00f3 M\u00e9ndez.<\/P><br \/>\n<P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">El reciente deterioro en las expectativas se atribuye a menudo a una baja en la aprobaci\u00f3n de la presidenta Bachelet y su gobierno. De hecho, \u00e9sta cay\u00f3 marcadamente luego del desastroso lanzamiento del Transantiago, el sistema de transporte p\u00fablico de la capital chilena, realizado en febrero del 2007.<\/P><br \/>\n<P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">No obstante, se ha recuperado de manera significativa desde entonces y su popularidad ahora es mayor que la del presidente Lagos y del presidente Eduardo Frei al comienzo del tercer a\u00f1o de sus respectivos mandatos, destac\u00f3 M\u00e9ndez. \u201cBachelet sigue disfrutando de una gran simpat\u00eda personal\u201d, destac\u00f3.<\/P><br \/>\n<P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">Sin embargo, los sondeos de Adimark sugieren que su Gobierno enfrenta dos serios problemas: el miedo a la delincuencia y las percepciones de corrupci\u00f3n en el aparato estatal. \u201cEl futuro del Gobierno depende fuertemente de c\u00f3mo maneje estos dos temas\u201d, predijo M\u00e9ndez.<\/P><br \/>\n<P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">Pero, la desaprobaci\u00f3n del Gobierno no se ha visto reflejada en un incremento en la popularidad de la oposici\u00f3n. Este inusual fen\u00f3meno ser\u00e1 un factor clave en determinar el futuro curso de los eventos pol\u00edticos en Chile, dijo M\u00e9ndez. \u201cM\u00e1s que nunca antes, durante los \u00faltimos 20 a\u00f1os, hay espacio para nuevas iniciativas\u2026 y alternativas\u201d, concluy\u00f3.<\/P><!--:--><!--:en--><br \/>\n<!--break--><br \/>\n\u201cOver the past six months, I\u2019ve given three talks on the outlook for Chile in 2008 and I\u2019ve become progressively more pessimistic each time,\u201d confessed Roberto M\u00e9ndez, president of the Adimark GfK opinion research company, at an AmCham breakfast on April 9.  <\/p>\n<p>As of March, Adimark\u2019s Index of Economic Perception showed that consumer confidence in Chile was running at a five-year low. In 2004 and 2005, towards the end of the government of President Ricardo Lagos, expectations became more positive but since March 2006, when President Michelle Bachelet took office, have slithered downward by the month, he pointed out. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s interesting is that this trend is very similar to that in the United States,\u201d M\u00e9ndez noted. \u201cIn the U.S., you also have to go back to March 2003 &#8211; with the invasion of Iraq and a surge in oil prices &#8211; to find a level of confidence as low as it is now.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>But why this pessimism when, after all, the Chilean economy isn\u2019t performing so badly? Is it just another sign of globalization? \u201cOne new and very important element in Chile is inflation,\u201d suggested M\u00e9ndez. <\/p>\n<p>According to Adimark\u2019s March survey, 75% of Chileans expect inflation to remain high in the next 12 months. \u201cNever before, since we started measuring this variable in 2002, has the figure been so high\u2026 and that\u2019s serious because it means that people don\u2019t believe the Central Bank when it says we\u2019re going to return to inflation of around 3%,\u201d M\u00e9ndez told AmCham members and their guests at the breakfast.<\/p>\n<p>The recent spike in inflation &#8211; which reached a 12-monthly rate of 8.5% in March &#8211; has been \u201cextraordinarily dangerous and cruel,\u201d he warned. Prices rises have been concentrated in food and basic services like electricity and, when corrected for the importance of these items in the budgets of poor households, real wages show a drop of 3.3% over the past two years. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat worries me from the point of view of the social climate,\u201d M\u00e9ndez said. \u201cIt suggests that labor pressures will be very strong this year because the sensation in low-income sectors is that they are poorer &#8211; and, indeed, the figures show this is the case.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Despite the prevailing pessimism, house sales have remained reasonably stable and, for example, car sales &#8211; boosted by the strong peso &#8211; are running at record levels. However, Adimark\u2019s Index of Economic Perception suggests that this situation could soon change.<\/p>\n<p>In March, only 25% of those surveyed indicated that now is a good time to buy a house, the indicator\u2019s lowest level since 2002. \u201cIn other words, there\u2019s an enormous risk that pessimism will soon be reflected in demand,\u201d warned M\u00e9ndez. <\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, according to different opinion polls, Chile\u2019s free-market economic model continues to enjoy firm support among the population, especially young people. More so perhaps than among the country\u2019s leaders, observed M\u00e9ndez.   <\/p>\n<p>The recent deterioration in expectations is often attributed to a drop in approval of President Bachelet and her government. Indeed, this plunged in the wake of the disastrous launch of the Transantiago public transport system in February 2007. <\/p>\n<p>However, it has since recovered significantly and her popularity is now higher than that of President Lagos and President Eduardo Frei at the start of the third year of their terms, pointed out M\u00e9ndez. \u201cBachelet continues to enjoy a great deal of personal sympathy,\u201d he noted. <\/p>\n<p>However, Adimark\u2019s surveys suggest that her government faces two serious problems: fear of crime and perceptions of corruption in the state. \u201cThe future of the government depends heavily on how it manages these two issues,\u201d predicted M\u00e9ndez. <\/p>\n<p>But disapproval of the government has not been reflected in an increase in the popularity of the opposition. This unusual phenomenon will be a key factor in determining the future course of politic events in Chile, said M\u00e9ndez. \u201cMore than ever before in the past 20 years, there is space for new initiatives\u2026 and alternatives,\u201d he concluded.<!--:--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><!--:es--><P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">\u201cDurante los \u00faltimos seis meses, he dado tres charlas sobre el panorama para Chile en el 2008 y cada vez he sido m\u00e1s pesimista\u201d, confes\u00f3 Roberto M\u00e9ndez, director de la firma de encuestas de opini\u00f3n Adimark GfK, en un desayuno de la AmCham realizado el 9 de abril.<\/P><br \/>\n<P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">A marzo, el \u00cdndice de Percepci\u00f3n Econ\u00f3mica de Adimark mostraba que la confianza de los consumidores en Chile se encontraba en un nivel m\u00ednimo de cinco a\u00f1os.<!--:--><!--:en-->\u201cOver the past six months, I\u2019ve given three talks on the outlook for Chile in 2008 and I\u2019ve become progressively more pessimistic each time,\u201d confessed Roberto M\u00e9ndez, president of the Adimark GfK opinion research company, at an AmCham breakfast on April 9.<!--:--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","news_tax":[],"user_type":[],"class_list":["post-3953","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chile en el 2008Chile in 2008 - AmCham Chile<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/amchamchile.cl\/noticia\/chile-en-el-2008\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chile en el 2008Chile in 2008 - AmCham Chile\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cDurante los \u00faltimos seis meses, he dado tres charlas sobre el panorama para Chile en el 2008 y cada vez he sido m\u00e1s pesimista\u201d, confes\u00f3 Roberto M\u00e9ndez, director de la firma de encuestas de opini\u00f3n Adimark GfK, en un desayuno de la AmCham realizado el 9 de abril. 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