Sky-high commodity prices, rock-bottom dollar interest rates, and ample international liquidity are what Chile hopes for in the rest of the world; they are also precisely what Chile got since 2010. Unsurprisingly, growth was swift – until late last year, when the combination of the US Federal Reserve’s gradual exit from quantitative easing and lower commodity prices worldwide caused a swift deceleration in economic activity.
2009今年底，智利经济开始再度增长，此后几年以来，增长受极为有利的外部环境推动。智利希望从外部得到高企的商品价格、极低的美元利率和充足的国际流动性；而自2010年以来，这些都得到了满足。毫不奇怪，智利增长十分迅速，直到去年年底美联储开始逐渐退出量化宽松并且世界商品价格下跌导致经济活动迅速减速。