Santiago, Chile, March 18, 2026 (AFP) - Chilean GDP beats 2025 forecast despite mining dip

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2026-03-18

Chile's GDP beat expectations for 2025 thanks to a trade and investment boost which helped offset a weaker mining sector, the country's central bank said Wednesday. The economy grew 2.5 percent in what was the final year of leftist president Gabriel Boric's tenure, just outstripping a bank forecast of 2.3 percent. Boric gave way last week to far-right successor Jose Antonio Kast, who has pledged to install an "emergency" government that will tak......

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