Chile's economic activity dropped 3.4% from the same month a year ago, the ...
FILE PHOTO: A China Ocean Shipping Company container ship is seen at the San Antonio port in Chile August 6, 2019. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido
The IMACEC economic activity index encompasses about 90 percent of the economy tallied in gross domestic product figures. Non-mining activity fell 4 percent, the bank said, marked by a sharp drop in education, transportation, business services and the hotel and restaurant sector. Much of Santiago, Chile’s capital of 6 million, was shut near the end of October as riots and looting closed streets, central squares and many small businesses.
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