Bogotá, Colombia
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- Publicación |Se evidencia que los bancos con alta exposición a inversionistas pasivos muestran una mayor sensibilidad a factores globales y tienden a ajustar más sus balances cuando se acercan a límites regulatorios de exposición extranjera.
- Publicación |"Although these frictions affect various credit markets, they are especially relevant in rural areas of developing countries due to transportation difficulties and lack of formal documentation.”
- Publicación |Considering the recent decline in the birth rate, the beginning of the decline in the labor force in Colombia would occur between 2043 and 2045.
- Publicación |1. Overall Results for the Balance of Payments
During the fourth quarter of 2024, Colombia’s current account of the balance of payments registered a deficit of USD 2,240 million (m), equivalent to 2.1% of quarterly gross domestic product (GDP). In turn, the financial account, including the…
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Inflation has fallen significantly, from 9.3% in 2023 to 5.2% in 2024. During this year and into the next, inflation would continue to decline towards the inflation target.
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The activities and operations of an industrial company rely largely on energy sources such as electricity and gas, in addition to other elements, including raw materials and labor. Manufacturing operations are the primary consumer of multiple energy sources within the industry sector, whereas…
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Several studies have pointed to the influence of the minimum legal wage (SM for its Spanish acronym) on the labor market and the observed distribution of wages and prices in the economy, among other effects. In 2022, Banco de la República conducted a comprehensive study on the macroeconomic…
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Annual inflation is computed using the consumer price index (CPI), the twelve months included in this calculation are weighted equally. Consequently, price variations during the period analyzed may lead to an underestimation or overestimation of the signifcance of the information included in the…
- Publicación |Estimates indicate a positive relationship between the duration of drought periods and the total credit granted and the number of beneficiaries at the municipal level. This relationship holds for credits whose debtors report high levels of assets or have the backing of a public guarantee fund.
- Publicación |Banco de la República (the Central Bank of Colombia) implemented pilot surveys and, in 2023, conducted a nationally representative survey of the adult population. This revealed important data, such as that 95% of Colombians have heard of the Bank, but only 44.6% identify it as responsible for…
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This paper studies the dynamics of farm size distribution, how they are in uenced by weather shocks, and the implications for aggregate productivity. Using data from several developing countries, we first document new empirical facts about households' …
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The government bonds market in Colombia incorporates relevant information for the analysis of expectations regarding inflation, MPR, and economic growth. Therefore, the dynamics of these interest rates are an essential input for monetary policy decisions.
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Inflation expectations are a key factor in monetary policy decision-making. First, as crucial inputs for wage and price setting, they offer an estimation of the future direction of inflation. Second, they allow assessing the credibility of the inflation target set by the central bank (Sousa…
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Global economy proved resilient during the period analyzed, although with some differences among major economies.
- Publicación |The necessary effort to stabilize inflation is greater when credibility is low, requiring the implementation of stricter policies than usual to achieve the same inflation targets.
- Publicación |Natural disasters affect both the level and volatility of sovereign risk premiums in emerging economies, whereas stock market only experience changes in volatility.
- Publicación |“… the costs of informality are higher: workers have limited social protection, businesses are less productive, and the state has reduced capacity to collect taxes and provide public goods. This leads to inefficient allocation of resources, which negatively impacts the country's economic growth.”
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Given the increase in the working-age population, the employment-to-population rate (ER) remained stable in the recent period, standing at 57.5% in the last rolling quarter, with a notable difference between urban areas (59%) and other municipalities and rural areas (55.9%).
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Este reporte presenta los resultados de la Encuesta trimestral sobre la situación del crédito en Colombia con corte a diciembre de 2024, en la que participan los establecimientos de crédito (EC) que otorgan préstamos: bancos, compañías de financiamiento (CFC) y cooperativas financieras (…
- Publicación |Access to formal credit has a positive relationship with the growth and formalization of microbusinesses. Those led by women are associated with higher probabilities of formalization and better growth indicators when accessing formal credit, compared to those led by men.
