Tag: Colombia Economy
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The coming week will bring news in Latin America regarding the key interest rate in the region's leading economy and key data in Argentina, Colombia, and Peru.
In Brazil, the Monetary Policy Committee could mark...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Reversing Colombia's trade liberalization "would be an unprecedented stupidity," outgoing President Ivan Duque warned his possible successor Thursday during a final visit to the United Kingdom to promote trade and attract investment.
The Colombian conservative,...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Outgoing center-right President Iván Duque may be unpopular for his economic reforms, but he leaves a solid legacy for his successor to build on.
According to IMF estimates, the economy will achieve substantial growth figures...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The World Bank updated its growth forecast for Colombia this Thursday, raising it from 4.1% in January to 4.4%, despite the complex panorama facing the world due to high inflation and the war in Eastern...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Colombian President Iván Duque announced Monday that his country's economy will grow by more than 10.2% in 2021, representing "the highest economic growth" in the history of the Republic.
"I would like to inform the...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - According to the National Administrative Department of Statistics (Dane) released that, the January-August 2021 period, Colombian exports were US$24.9 billion and registered an increase of 22.5 %, compared to the same period of 2020.
The...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Colombia's unemployment rate stood at 12.3% in August, down 4.5 percentage points from the same month last year, according to data provided Thursday (30) by the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE).
The unemployed population...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Tuesday, August 17, the director of the National Statistics Institute (DANE), Juan Daniel Oviedo, announced at a press conference that Colombia's GDP grew by 17.6% in the second quarter.
This result is close to...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Colombia received 110 foreign investment projects in the first semester of 2021 that come from 28 countries and are estimated to create more than 90,400 new jobs, official sources reported.
The state promotion agency ProColombia...