…the monthly GDP chart for Chile and Peru, YoY data:

As for the future, check out May 2008; both Peru and Chile had a “soft” month so this helped no end with the year-over-year calculations this time round. But June 2008 in Peru came in at +13.1% growth. Oh lordy, this FinMin liar Carranza dude still thinks Peru grows at +3.5% in 2009? Somebody buy him a Casio and sign him on for the remedial mathematics course quick, cos Peru’s June ’09 numbers are going to ruin his cunning plans once and for all…if they get -2% it’ll be a good result what with double the amount of strikes than June 2008, swine flu, a dumping of the tourist industry, the drying-up of imports, rising unemployment..uff, not good. Not good at all.