Bogotá, Colombia

Presentation titled "Fiscal policy and the cycle in Latin America: the role of financing conditions and fiscal rules", delivered during the Seminar of the EEP Journal (Challenges of Fiscal Policy in the face of the Recent Macroeconomic Uncertainty), organized by Banco de la República at the…

Presentation titled "What is the fiscal stress in Euro Area? Evidence from a joint monetary-fiscal structural model", delivered during the Seminar of the EEP Journal (Challenges of Fiscal Policy in the face of the Recent Macroeconomic Uncertainty), organized by Banco de la República at the…

Presentation titled "Efficiency and economic growth in Latin America: The case of Colombia", delivered during the Seminar of the EEP Journal (Challenges of Fiscal Policy in the face of the Recent Macroeconomic Uncertainty), organized by Banco de la República at the Events Center of Biblioteca…

Presentation titled "Public savings and the effectiveness of Sterilized Foreign Exchange Intervention", delivered during the Seminar of the EEP Journal (Challenges of Fiscal Policy in the face of the Recent Macroeconomic Uncertainty), organized by Banco de la República at the Events Center of…

Presentation titled "Determinants and effects of fiscal stabilization: New evidence from Time-Varying Estimates", delivered during the Seminar of the EEP Journal (Challenges of Fiscal Policy in the face of the Recent Macroeconomic Uncertainty), organized by Banco de la República at the Events…

Banco de la República (the Central Bank of Colombia) Board of Directors (BDBR) has a regular schedule of meetings. In 8 of its 12 sessions the Board makes decisions on the level of the monetary policy rate. The other 4 are ordinary meetings, where other decisions are made.

See additional…

The Inflation Targeting Scheme in Colombia

OBJECTIVES

Monetary policy in Colombia is based on inflation targeting, which is intended primarily to keep inflation low and to ensure stable growth in output near its long-term trend.…

Infrastructure, Society, Economics and Culture: Lessons from the History of Large Technological Systems, Universidad de los Andes, December 5, 2017

Presentation titled "Nonlinear fiscal multipliers for public expenditure and taxes in Colombia", delivered during the Seminar of the EEP Journal (Challenges of Fiscal Policy in the face of the Recent Macroeconomic Uncertainty), organized by Banco de la República at the Events Center of…

Video only available in Spanish

The Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Colombia, in today’s meeting, approved the Bank's 2017 financial statements. Both the Auditor General to the Bank and the external audit firm Deloitte issued their opinion on said statements without any observations. Additionally, the Office of the…

A regular meeting of the Board of Directors of Banco de la República took place in the city of Bogotá D.C. on Tuesday, March 20, 2018. In attendance were Mauricio Cárdenas Santamaría, Minister of Finance and Public Credit; Juan José Echavarría, Governor of the Central Bank; and Board Members…

Video only available in Spanish

A regular meeting of the Board of Directors of

Video only available in Spanish

Video only available in Spanish

The Board of Directors of Banco de la República at today’s meeting decided to maintain the benchmark interest rate at 4.25%

A regular meeting of the Board of Directors of Banco de la República took place in the city of Bogotá D.C. on Friday, May 26, 2017. In attendance were Mauricio Cárdenas Santamaría, Minister of Finance and Public Credit; Juan José Echavarría, Governor of the Central Bank; and Board Members…