LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 26 March 2018

Uruguay: Uruguay’s central bank (BCU) has released figures which show that Uruguay’s GDP increased by 2.7% in 2017. The fastest growing sector was transport, communications, & storage which was up 8.5%, followed by the retail, restaurants, and hotels sector, which showed a 7.5% growth. The BCU report also showed that the sectors of construction and manufacturing fell the most in 2017, showing decreases of 6% and 3.5%, respectively.

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