Inflation Report - June 2019

Keep in mind

The Monetary Policy Report presents the Bank's technical staff's analysis of the economy and the inflationary situation and its medium and long-term outlook. Based on it, it makes a recommendation to the Board of Directors on the monetary policy stance. This report is published on the second business day following the Board of Directors' meetings in January, April, July, and October.

AUTHOR OR EDITOR
Office of the Deputy Technical Governor
Vargas-Herrera, Hernando
Office of the Deputy Governor for Monetary Policy and Economic Information
González-Gómez, Andrés
Programming and Inflation Department
Huertas-Campos, Carlos Alfonso
Cobo-Serna, Adolfo León
Caicedo-García, Edgar
Cárdenas-Hurtado, Camilo Alberto
Cote-Barón, Juan Pablo
Galeano-Ramírez, Franky
Martínez-Cortés, Nicolás
Rojas, Carlos Daniel
Pérez-Amaya, Julián Mauricio
López, David Camilo
Salazar-Diaz, Andrea
Gaitan, Celina
Restrepo-Ángel, Sergio
Parra-Amado, Daniel
Rodríguez, Diego
Anzola, Cesar
Méndez-Vizcaíno, Juan Camilo
Forero, Santiago
Moreno, Nicolás
Garavito-Acosta, Aarón Levi
Guarín-López, Alexander
Romero-Chamorro, José Vicente

In the Inflation Report, the Central Bank's technical staff analyzes the situation of the economy and inflation, and their mid and long-term outlook. Based on this, the staff provides insights to the Board of Directors on the recommended monetary policy stance.

Publication Date:
Monday, 29 July 2019

Editor’s Note

Banco de la República is currently in the process of modernizing its Inflation Report with the goal of communicating an analysis of economic conditions and forecasts for the economy in a better way. For that reason, as of the October edition, the report will be structured as follows:

1. Summary
2. Macroeconomic Forecasts
2.1 The External Context
2.1.1 External Demand
2.1.2 External Prices
2.1.3 International Financial Markets
2.2 The Domestic Context
2.2.1 Inflation
2.2.2 Economic Activity
2.2.3 Balance of Payments
3. The Current Economic Situation
3.1 Behavior of Inflation and Prices
3.2 Growth and Domestic Demand
3.2.1 GDP with respect to Spending
3.2.2 GDP on the Supply Side and Sector Indicators
3.3 The Labor Market
3.4 The Monetary and Financial Market
This report (July) is a temporary and partial version of the document
in its new format.

Boxes

Juan José Ospina, Juan Sebastián CorralesJuan José Echavarría

Juan Pablo Cote, Sergio Restrepo

José David Pulido

 

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