Bogotá, Colombia

This Financial Stability Report presents the appreciation of Banco de la República (the Central Bank of Colombia) on the recent performance of credit institutions and their debtors, as well as on the main risks and vulnerabilities that could have some effect on the financial stability of the…

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1. The recovery of the Colombian economy has gradually mitigated the main short-term vulnerabilities for the financial stability of the system.

2. Credit institutions maintain solid solvency and liquidity indicators, despite the reduction in profitability and the slow growth in the volume…

In the third quarter of 2018, inflation rose less than expected by analysts and the Central Bank’s technical st

In this seventh edition of the Payment Systems Report, the boxes focus on three topics of interest to the industry that renders payments clearing and settlement services as well as to those taking part in them. First, the international debate revolving around the optimal capital level of Central…

Colombia consistently exhibits one of the lowest levels of productivity in Latin America in relative terms compared to developed countries. Between 1951 and 2015, Colombia's total factor productivity is, on average, just a little more than half that of the United States. This immense gap in…

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In Colombia, the National Development Banks (NDBs) are organized as a system of four (initially five) specialized institutions. This system was adopted during the market reforms of the early 1990s, which eliminated the development functions of the central bank, liberalized the financial sector…

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…

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During the second quarter of 2018, inflation and inflation expectations, as well as several of the core inflation indicators, tended to stabilize and stood close to the 3.0% target. In that period, the economy´s growth could have been low, although improving, with a spare capacity that would…

In the first quarter of 2018, inflation and core inflation fell more than projected and accelerated their convergence to the 3.0% target. In March 2018, the annual variation of the CPI and the average of core inflation indicators stood at 3.14% and 3.64%, respectively. These figures were close…

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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 2017 and the outlook for 2018 for its consideration. The last two chapters report on the…