LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's economy has the tools to continue growing even as an era of high metals prices ends, President Ollanta Humala said on Sunday, a day after the largest protest of his two-year term.
He said the strengths of Peru, a top global metals exporter whose once red-hot economy shows signs of cooling, include a low debt level, a rising middle class, and $67.5 billion (43.8 billion pounds) in reserves, or a third of the country's gross domestic product.
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