Colombia’s Next Finance Minister Signals a Sharp Turn Toward Markets
Colombia finance minister designate Miguel Gomez inherits the worst fiscal picture in a generation and signals a sharp break from...
July 2, 2026Topic
Colombia Economy
Weekly agenda: Brazil rates; Colombia and Peru’s GDP; Argentina’s inflation
The coming week will bring news in Latin America regarding the key interest rate in the region's leading economy and...
June 13, 2022
Outgoing Duque warns against ‘stupidity’ of reversing Colombian trade liberalization
Reversing Colombia's trade liberalization "would be an unprecedented stupidity," outgoing President Ivan Duque warned his possible
May 20, 2022
Foreign direct investment in Colombia’s Bogotá grew by 78% in 2021
Bogota's foreign direct investment (FDI) grew by 78% in 2021. An estimated 115 projects worth US$1.551 billion came to the...
April 22, 2022
World Bank raised Colombia’s GDP forecast in 2022
The World Bank updated its growth forecast for Colombia this Thursday, raising it from 4.1% in January to 4.4%, despite...
April 8, 2022
Duque announces milestone Colombian economic growth of 10.2% in 2021
Colombian President Iván Duque announced Monday that his country's economy will grow by more than 10.2% in 2021,
February 14, 2022
As of August, Colombian exports grew 22.5% driven by oil
According to the National Administrative Department of Statistics (Dane) released that, the January-August 2021 period, Colombian exports were US$24.9 billion...
October 1, 2021
Colombia’s unemployment rate drops to 12.3% in August
Colombia's unemployment rate stood at 12.3% in August, down 4.5 percentage points from the same month last year, according to...
September 30, 2021
Colombia’s GDP grew by 17.6% in second quarter over first quarter
On Tuesday, August 17, the director of the National Statistics Institute (DANE), Juan Daniel Oviedo, announced at a press conference...
August 17, 2021