Participation and employment rates stood at 61.9% and 56.7%, with increases of 0.3 and 0.4 percentage points, respectively, compared to the same quarter of the previous year. Meanwhile, the population outside the labor force expanded by 0.2%, driven by habitual inactive individuals (0.4%) and those newly entering the labor force (10.4%).

Every year, I hear, "We’ve been preparing since January," but that 'preparation' focuses solely on marketing and supplier negotiations, as if logistics were a technical detail that resolves itself...

In "Neoliberalism in Chile" (Editorial Catalonia), economists Andrés Solimano and Gabriela Zapata propose a counter-narrative to the usual discourse: they aim to lower the temperature, shine a light on, and examine with evidence a model that is so entrenched it often evades critical judgment. The book originated from an academic essay published by the University of Cambridge and the United Nations University's World Institute for Development Economics Research.

The United Arab Emirates was the second largest trading partner of Chile in the Middle East region in 2024, with a commercial exchange totaling $232 million between the two countries.

Public administration, education, and health sectors were key drivers of economic growth, collectively expanding by 8% and contributing over one percentage point to the total result. Notable increases were also recorded in trade, transportation, and hospitality (5.6%) and the manufacturing industry (4.1%).

Colombian President Gustavo Petro broke with the final statement of COP 30 on his X account, accusing climate summits of becoming mere "spectacles" and calling for a "revolution of humanity against fossil capital" in light of the risk of climate collapse.

Amid his "trade war," U.S. President Trump initially imposed a 10% tariff on Brazilian exports and later raised it to 50% in retaliation against the trial of former president Jair Bolsonaro, one of his far-right allies in the region.

Cochilco has raised its projections for the average copper price in 2025 and 2026, anticipating historically high annual levels of US$4.45 per pound in 2025 and US$4.55 per pound in 2026, driven by a tighter market with decreased supply and increased demand.

The former director of Sartor Administradora General de Fondos (AGF), who currently serves as president of Azul Azul, has been fined 65,000 UF ($2.576 billion) and banned from holding executive positions in the financial sector for five years by the CMF.

The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of 1.6% from July to September compared to the same period last year was two-tenths of a percentage point below the 1.8% anticipated by analysts and indicated in the preliminary Imacec report.