(Corrects headline to 7.2%, not 7.9%)

(Reuters) – Chile’s economic system expanded 7.2% within the first quarter of 2022 from a yr earlier, central financial institution knowledge confirmed on Wednesday, under an anticipated 7.9% soar, in keeping with a Reuters ballot of economists.

Gross home product (GDP) fell 0.8% from the earlier three months in seasonally adjusted phrases. Economists had been anticipating a 0.4% drop.

(This story corrects headline to 7.2%, not 7.9%)