Ocampo-Gaviria, José Antonio

Banco de la República is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2023. This is a very significant anniversary and one that provides an opportunity to highlight the contribution the Bank has made to the country’s development. Its track record as guarantor of monetary stability has…

In the last two decades, the Banco de la República de Colombia has assiduously intervened in the foreign exchange market, except in the last 5 years. The objectives are to accumulate international reserves, reduce excess of exchange rate volatility and moderate deviations of the…

In compliance with Article 5, Act of Congress 31/1992, the Board of Directors of Banco de la República hereby submits to the Congress of the Republic of Colombia a report on the macroeconomic results for 2018 and the outlook for 2019 for its consideration. In the following chapters, the…

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…

Article published in the Project Synsicate magazine on April 5th, 2019.

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The evolution of the Colombian economy during the first half of 2018 shows that the process of adjustment to the shocks of the last few years has consolidated simultaneously with an upturn in economic activity and improvement in consumer and entrepreneur confidence. The recent recovery has taken…

The Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Colombia, as established in Article 5° of Act 31 of 1992, submitted its second report of the year to the Congress of Colombia. The report analyzes the international economic environment, the performance of the Colombian economy so far in 2017, and…