SANTIAGO, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Chile will use all the available tools to cope with the global financial crisis, Finance Minister Andres Velasco said Monday.
The government will do its best to defend the economy and employment in 2009, a year forecasted to be difficult for Chile and the world, Velasco said.
We have used and will continue to use all the available tools to defend the economy and employment, he said.
Velasco said Chile had worked out opportune and strong measures to ease the impact of the crisis on the country's economic growth, adding that the government's budget for public works will grow almost 14 percent, which will also help employment next year.
While other countries are concerned about slow economic growth, we must remain relatively optimistic, he said.
He said the Chilean market was maintaining stability and had received record investments during the year.
However, Velasco admitted that it would not be easy to keep this trend going in 2009.
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