Chile's central bank is expected to hike the country's benchmark interest rate to 11.25% from the current 10.75% at its October meeting, a poll of traders showed on Thursday, as the world's top copper producer tries to rein in high inflation.

Traders expect the Andean country's consumer prices to rise by 0.85% in October and 0.5% in November, the poll showed. (Reporting by Fabian Andres Cambero; Editing by Steven Grattan)