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SANTIAGO, Mar 18 (Xinhua): The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean said yesterday it had raised the 2006 growth forecast for the region to 4.3 per cent, from an earlier prediction of 4.1 per cent.
Lower interest rates in some of the region's main economies, including Mexico and Brazil, had created a more optimistic scenario, Jose Luis Machinea, head of the UN commission, told reporters.
Mexico and Argentina, in particular, would grow more than the commission's forecast published in December, he said.
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