LatAm EMBI desk
Daily desk · TFT + news + valuation DAG

LatAm EMBI

Three objects, one page. Short-horizon TFT path, fulltext news themes (not a model input), and a monthly macro fair-value DAG. Origin 2026-09-02.

TFT · +3 business days
9 tighter · 2 wider · 4 flat

Tightening: Panama, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic. Widening: Mexico, Argentina.

News themes
Desk context only

On the theme side (fulltext clustering for desk context — not a TFT input), the latest window shows 3 emerging theme rows, 17 accelerating, 15 decelerating. Notable emerging themes include Russian recruiter apprehended for recruiting Panamanians to fight in ……

Valuation DAG
Rich / cheap vs fair

5 of 15 look rich/very rich vs macro fair value, 3 cheap, 7 fair. Tightest vs fair: El Salvador, Bolivia, Colombia. Widest: Argentina, Ecuador, Uruguay.

Cheap = spread wide vs fair value. Rich = spread tight vs fair value. TFT point estimates are converted to basis points (model stores spread points). Theme clusters do not enter the TFT.

Universe

CountrySegment Last EMBI (bp) TFT +3d (bp) vs last DAG Gap vs fair (bp)
Chile CHLIG9090+0 bpFair+1
Mexico MEXIG200202+3 bp widerFair+12
Panama PANIG121119-2 bp tighterRich-13
Peru PERIG109110+1 bpFair+1
Uruguay URYIG6867-1 bpVery cheap+14
Brazil BRAHY175174-1 bpFair+5
Colombia COLHY200197-3 bp tighterRich-26
Costa Rica CRIHY128124-4 bp tighterRich-19
Dominican Republic DOMHY159156-4 bp tighterFair-2
Guatemala GTMHY111109-2 bp tighterRich-19
Paraguay PRYHY107106-2 bp tighterCheap+10
Argentina ARGDistressed503511+8 bp widerCheap+114
Bolivia BOLDistressed454447-7 bp tighterFair-32
Ecuador ECUDistressed418411-7 bp tighterFair+17
El Salvador SLVDistressed272270-2 bp tighterVery rich-58

Countries

CHL · Investment Grade Fair

Chile

Chile EMBI is fairly priced at 90 bp (fair 90 bp).

MEX · Investment Grade Fair

Mexico

Mexico EMBI is fairly priced at 200 bp (fair 187 bp).

PAN · Investment Grade Rich

Panama

Panama EMBI looks rich at 121 bp vs fair 134 bp (-13 bp tight).

PER · Investment Grade Fair

Peru

Peru EMBI is fairly priced at 109 bp (fair 108 bp).

URY · Investment Grade Very cheap

Uruguay

Uruguay EMBI looks very cheap at 68 bp vs fair 55 bp (+14 bp / 1.7σ wide).

BRA · High Yield Fair

Brazil

Brazil EMBI is fairly priced at 175 bp (fair 170 bp).

COL · High Yield Rich

Colombia

Colombia EMBI looks rich at 200 bp vs fair 226 bp (-26 bp tight).

CRI · High Yield Rich

Costa Rica

Costa Rica EMBI looks rich at 128 bp vs fair 147 bp (-19 bp tight).

DOM · High Yield Fair

Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic EMBI is fairly priced at 159 bp (fair 161 bp).

GTM · High Yield Rich

Guatemala

Guatemala EMBI looks rich at 111 bp vs fair 130 bp (-19 bp tight).

PRY · High Yield Cheap

Paraguay

Paraguay EMBI looks cheap at 107 bp vs fair 97 bp (+10 bp wide).

ARG · Distressed Cheap

Argentina

Argentina EMBI looks cheap at 503 bp vs fair 389 bp (+114 bp wide).

BOL · Distressed Fair

Bolivia

Bolivia EMBI is fairly priced at 454 bp (fair 486 bp).

ECU · Distressed Fair

Ecuador

Ecuador EMBI is fairly priced at 418 bp (fair 401 bp).

SLV · Distressed Very rich

El Salvador

El Salvador EMBI looks very rich at 272 bp vs fair 330 bp (-58 bp / -1.6σ tight).