智利减速的直接原因是投资下降，特别是矿业投资下降；但根本问题在于没有充分实现经济的多样化，这导致了很难弄清哪种新投资以及哪种新出口可以顶上来。
The immediate cause of Chile’s slowdown is the decline in investment, particularly in mining; but the underlying problem is that the failure to diversify the economy sufficiently makes it far from clear what new kinds of investment, and which new exports, will take up the slack.