Chile GDP: stronger than expected but still weak

Chile’s economy performed better than expected in the first quarter of this year, but the bigger picture is that growth has slowed markedly from the 5.5-6.0% rates of recent years. As the commodities boom comes to an end, we expect GDP growth of just 2.8% this year.

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