Chile downgrades 2024 growth forecast to 2.6 pct

SANTIAGO, July 31 (Xinhua) -- Chile's government downgraded its economic growth forecast for 2024 from 2.7 percent to 2.6 percent, and lowered its inflation forecast for the year to 3.7 percent, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday.

Finance Minister Mario Marcel and other ministry officials presented the latest figures to parliament in a Public Finance Report for the second quarter of 2024.

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