La crisis sanitaria derivada de la pandemia por COVID-19 obligó a que se adoptaran medidas para ralentizar el avance de la enfermedad, las cuales afectaron no solo las decisiones de las empresas sobre la planta de personal, sino también las decisiones de los trabajadores sobre su participación en el mercado laboral.
La inversión extranjera directa (IED), no solo desempeña un papel muy importante como fuente de financiación externa, sino que además permite la transferencia de tecnología, el acceso a mercados internacionales, y la reasignación eficiente de los factores productivos. Todo ello ofrece beneficios para las economías receptoras derivados de un mayor crecimiento económico, incrementos en la productividad y una oferta ampliada de bienes y servicios.
Remittance inflows are mainly flows of foreign currency sent periodically by emigrants to their families in the country of origin for various purposes such as contributing to household support, children's education, the purchase of housing or other investments that generate capital income for the emigrant.
As part of its efforts to monitor the country's economic activity, Banco de la República conducts monthly surveys among businessmen and representatives of productive sectors in all regions of the country. The results of these qualitative surveys are aggregated into a balance, known as the Regional Economic Pulse (PER), that reflects the annual change in regional and sectoral economic activity.
After a period of growing income inequality at the end of the 20th century, Colombia began the 21st century with a decline in the Gini coefficient that was particularly pronounced in the decade following 2010. This indicator went from 0.56 to 0.51 between 2010 and 2017, increasing slightly at the close of that period and ending up at 0.53 for 2019. The decline in inequality was accompanied by increases in real per capita household income, which rose from COP 445,524 in 2010 to COP 500,577 in 2019 (Graph 1), measured in constant 2010 pesos.
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly altered the way merchants do business. Preventive confinement, health restrictions and fear of contagion forced businesses to look for other ways of operating through home-based services, online commerce and the acceptance of different electronic payment instruments and channels as alternatives to cash.
El Banco de la República celebra el 23 de julio de 2023 sus 100 años de existencia, al haber sido creado como el banco central de Colombia mediante la Ley 25 de 1923, según los parámetros definidos por la Misión Kemmerer. Al cumplirse un aniversario tan importante, el Banco de la República ha venido difundiendo por diversos medios una retrospectiva de lo que ha sido su aporte al desarrollo del país, mediante el cumplimiento efectivo de las funciones de banca central y culturales encomendadas por la Constitución y la Ley.
La pandemia de COVID-19 llevó a que la inflación en Colombia cayera por debajo de la meta de 3 %, alcanzando su nivel más bajo en la historia, de 1,51 % en marzo de 2021. Sin embargo, en el segundo trimestre de 2021, la inflación empezó a aumentar al punto que en marzo de 2023 alcanzó su pico más alto (13,3 %) desde 1999. ¿Qué factores explican este repunte de la inflación?
Retail payment instruments play a crucial role in economic and financial stability and in the functioning of trade. These include cash, debit and credit cards, checks, and wire transfers.
In September last year, a blog was published announcing the quarterly publication of the National Accounts by Institutional Sector (CNSI in Spanish), which include the national accounts by the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE in Spanish) and the financial accounts by Banco de la República (the Central Bank of Colombia).
