Chile's Economy Contracts for Third Month as Mining Slumps in Q1

Chile's Economy Contracts for Third Month as Mining Slumps in Q1

The Chile economy contracted for a third consecutive month in March, with the Banco Central’s Imacec falling 0.1 percent year-on-year and pushing the first quarter to a -0.3 percent contraction, the worst quarter since 2023. The release on Monday, May 4, 2026 came on the same day the central bank’s March policy meeting communique reaffirmed […] The post Chile’s Economy Contracts for Third Month as Mining Slumps in Q1 appeared first on The Rio Ti…