Increased savings and investment levels have fuelled a surge in construction activity in Latin America’s Andean economies, helping to raise their long-run growth potential. But in a few countries, higher savings have been driven by terms of trade gains that may prove temporary, rather than structural reforms. In these places, the building boom may peter out if commodity prices fall in the years ahead.
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