Colombia
Colombia’s communication challenge
Lavan Mahadeva, Diana Mejía Anzola and Jose Darío Uribe Escobar outline the steps the Colombian central bank has taken in communicating with different audiences
Colombian central bank enters market again
In efforts to reduce fluctuations in the value of the peso, Colombia's central bank has sold dollar put options for the second time this year.
Central banks get cheaper cash from companies
Private-sector involvement in the printing of banknotes substantially lowers costs, research published by Colombia's Banco de la Republica finds.
Banco de la Republica - Annual Report 2007
At 6.8%, the Colombian growth rate in 2006 surpassed all predictions.
Colombia will benefit from free trade with US
Juan Mauricio Ramirez, a vice president of the Private Council of Competitiveness and a former head of the inflation and macroeconomic programming department at the Banco de la Republica, takes issue with Joseph Stiglitz's views on the proposed Free…
Colombia holds rates at 9.25%
The Banco de la Republica decided on Friday to keep its benchmark rate at 9.25%.
Stiglitz praises Chavez's "Bank of the South"
Joseph Stiglitz, a former World Bank chief economist and Nobel laureate, commended plans put forward by Venezuela's president Hugo Chavez for a regional lender for Latin America.
Colombia's Uribe highlights new challenges
The integration of Colombia into the global economy has presented two policy challenges, says Jose Dario Uribe, the governor of the Banco de la Republica, Colombia.
Uribe charts Colombia's progress
Bilateral trade agreements are allowing Colombia to profit more from globalisation, according to Jose Dario Uribe, the governor of the Banco de la Republica, Colombia.
World Bank to invest $5 billion in bonds for poor
The World Bank will set up a $5 billion fund to invest in bonds denominated in currencies of poor nations.
Colombia holds rates
Colombia's central bank decided to maintain its 9.25% interest rate on Friday after inflation fell in July.
Colombia researches ratings
The Bank of Colombia has published a paper that estimates transition matrices for the ratings on financial institutions.
Colombia raises rates
Colombia's central bank raised the overnight interbank rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 9.25%, the highest level since 2001.
Colombia's central bank: half yearly report
The reports presented to Colombia's Congress by the Board of Directors of the Banco de la Republica include macroeconomic results, the aims of the board, and future perspectives of the likely trend of several macroeconomic variables.
Colombia raises rates to 21-month high
Colombia's central bank raised its key intervention rate on Friday to 6.75% from 6.5%. The move was expected by market observers as inflationary pressures have been building through high consumer spending, rapid growth in imports and a sharp increase in…
Counterfeiters finally crack the Euro note
According to this article published on The New Zealand Herald's website on Wednesday 2 August, the amount of counterfeit currency discovered in the 12 euroland countries is now running at 600,000 notes a year - roughly the same as before the single…
Inflation targeting in dollarized economies
According to this Working Paper from the Central Bank of Chile, the shift to an inflation targeting regime has contributed to the relatively low inflation observed in some emerging market economies.
Inflation targeting in dollarized economies
According to this IMF Working Paper, the shift to inflation targeting has contributed to the relatively low inflation observed in some emerging market economies.
Colombian CB continues to sell reserves
The Colombian central bank sold $114 million in foreign exchange reserves to the government last week.
Colombia central bank sold $250m reserves to govt
Colombia's central bank sold the government $250 million in foreign reserves and bought 880 billion pesos ($382 million) worth of TES Treasury bonds over the past week, the bank said on Friday 7 October.
Colombia central bank plans reserves sale
Colombia's central bank said on Friday 16 September it cut interest rates by half a percentage point and would sell at least $3 billion in international reserves to the government.
Colombian central bank to sell reserves to govt
Colombia's central bank said on Tuesday 16 August that it will sell more foreign reserves to the government, in a similar deal to a $1.25-billion sale carried out earlier this year to pay off a debt.
IADB elects new President
Colombian diplomat and former minister of economic development Luis Alberto Moreno was elected president of the Inter-American Development Bank on Wednesday 27 July during a special meeting of the Bank's Board of Governors at IDB headquarters in…
Colombia to sell $1 billion in foreign reserves
Colombia's central bank will sell the government at least $1 billion in foreign reserves to help prepay debt, according to the Finance Minister, Bloomberg reported.