Main Reports

Presentation delivered at the Luis Angel Arango Library in Bogotá on 12 August 2019, transmitted on the Institutional Channel (channel 9 on national television). During the event, the Governor pointed out the most important sections of the …

In an environment of greater restrictions to world trade and deterioration of global confidence, economic growth for the first quarter of the year in a number of emerging economies including Colombia was lower than expected, and the forecasts for 2019 decreased.

In the first…

The Board of Directors of the Central Bank, as per the provisions of Article 5 of Law 31 of 1992, submits a report to the Congress of the Republic that describes the macroeconomic performance for the first half of 2019 and its prospects for the remainder of the year. The last two chapters report…

As established in Article 5° of Act 31 of 1992, the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Colombia submitted its second report of 2016 to the Congress of Colombia. The report analyzes the results of the Colombian economy to date, as well the national and international outlook for the current…

The Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Colombia submitted its first report of the year to the Congress of Colombia. The report analyzes the international economic environment, the performance of the Colombian economy in 2016, and the outlook for this year. In this context, the monetary…

In 2010, the annual CPI variation was 3.17%, this figure being close to the midpoint of the inflation target range (between 2% and 4%) fixed for this year by the JDBR, the Board of Directors of Banco de la Republica, the Central Bank of Colombia. In the past quarter, the so-called “La Niña”…

In September 2012 annual change in the consumer price index (CPI), core inflation measures, expectations at different horizons and inflation forecast for December stood around the mid-point of the target range (3%). At the end of the third quarter annual inflation stood at 3.08%, down by 12…

In March 2012, annual inflation was 3.4%. This is 15 basis points (bp) less than the rate recorded in December (Graph A). A decreasing trend in annual inflation started in October, when inflation reached its highest level in 2011 (4.0%).

In June 2012 annual inflation stood at 3.2%, down by 20 basis points (bp) from the figure of March, resuming its downtrend after remaining relatively stable in April and May. From March to June, year-on-year change in the consumer price index (CPI) for food fell from 4.6% to 4.2%, accounting…