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Chilean Economy Recedes in the First Quarter and Experts Reaffirm a Low GDP 2% in 2026

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The economic activity this 2026 began definitively with wind against it. If on learning of the March Imacec of -0.1% the first trimester fell 0.3%, now, when knowing the report of National Accounts of the Central Bank, that record was extended to a contraction of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of 0.5%, its worst figure for a January-March since 2009, in the middle of a subprime crisis. According to the Central Bank, this result was explained i…

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The economic activity this 2026 began definitively with wind against it. If on learning of the March Imacec of -0.1% the first trimester fell 0.3%, now, when knowing the report of National Accounts of the Central Bank, that record was extended to a contraction of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of 0.5%, its worst figure for a January-March since 2009, in the middle of a subprime crisis. According to the Central Bank, this result was explained i…

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The Chilean economy closed the first quarter with a lower performance than the projections. According to the National Accounts Report...

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www,finanzasdigital.com The Chilean economy contracted 0.5% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2026, its worst result since 2009, due to the fall in exports... The post GDP of Chile falls 0.5% in the first quarter, its worst record in 17 years appeared first on Digital Finance.

The Central Bank published the National Accounts report of the first quarter of 2026 and confirmed that the Chilean economy recorded a decrease of 0.5% compared to the same period of the previous year. The figure was more negative than the preliminary estimate derived from the monthly Imacec, which anticipated a contraction of 0.3%. As explained by the issuing agency in the report, the difference responded to the update of indicators of conjunct…

The figures provided by the Central Bank are under market expectations and in its worst record since the pandemic. Mining, agriculture, industry and fishing dragged the activity, while domestic demand avoided a further deterioration. The data puts pressure on the growth range of 1.5%-2.5% foreseen by the BC for this year. The new. The Central Bank reported that the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) fell by 0.5% in the first quarter of 2026 compared t…

"In the first quarter of 2026, economic activity fell 0.5% compared to the same period of the previous year," said the Central Bank in delivering its National Accounts report.

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