Echavarría-Soto, Juan José

In the last four years, Colombia has faced some of the events that have had the greatest impact on economic performance in more than a century. The international price of oil fell to less than a third of its value between June 2014 and January 2016, and again between September 2018 and April…

The Board of Directors of the Central Bank, as per the provisions of Article 5 of Law 31 of 1992, submits a report to the Congress of the Republic that describes the macroeconomic performance for the first half of 2019 and its prospects for the remainder of the year. The last two chapters report…

In compliance with Article 5, Act of Congress 31/1992, the Board of Directors of Banco de la República hereby submits to the Congress of the Republic of Colombia a report on the macroeconomic results for 2018 and the outlook for 2019 for its consideration. In the following chapters, the…

The Board of Directors of the Central Bank, as per the provisions of Article 5 of Law 31 of 1992, submits a report to the Congress of the Republic that describes the macroeconomic performance for the first half of 2019 and its prospects for the remainder of the year. The last two chapters report…

Reporte de Estabilidad Financiera - 20 de mayo de 2020 from Banco de la República - Colombia on Vimeo.

Presentación del Informe de Política Monetaria Enero 2020, realizada en la Universidad de la Salle.

The opinions contained in this document are the sole responsibility of the authors and do not commit Banco de la República or its Board of Directors

The opinions contained in this document are the sole responsibility of the authors and do not commit Banco de la República or its Board of Directors.

The opinions contained in this document are the sole responsibility of the authors and do not commit Banco de la República or its Board of Directors.

The opinions contained in this document are the sole responsibility of the authors and do not commit Banco de la República or its Board of Directors

Presented at the main building of Banco de la República (Central Bank of Colombia).

Video of the Financial Stability Report for the first semester of 2019

This was the presentation of the #FinancialStabilityReport for the first half of 2019 by the Governor of the…

Colombia’s economy expanded by 2.7% in 2018, gaining momentum after a period of deceleration in which the annual growth rate fell from 4.7% in 2014 to 1.4% in 2017. While growth was still below potential (estimated around 3.3%), the uptick in 2018 suggests the groundwork for Colombia’s economic…

One of the main functions of Banco de la República is to further the safe and efficient functioning of the payment systems, a job it carries out by providing banking services to financial institutions. These include access to payment systems and to trading, clearing, and custody of government…

The evolution of the Colombian economy during the first half of 2018 shows that the process of adjustment to the shocks of the last few years has consolidated simultaneously with an upturn in economic activity and improvement in consumer and entrepreneur confidence. The recent recovery has taken…

Crypto-assets (CA) such as Bitcoin are digital units that can be used as a medium of payment for the exchange of goods and services, as a store of value, and as a unit of account (FATF, 2015). These assets can be stored on computer devices and transferred by the internet on a global scale…

In compliance with Article 5, Act of Congress 31/1992, the Board of Directors of Banco de la República hereby submits to the Congress of the Republic of Colombia a report on the macroeconomic results for 2017 and the outlook for 2018 for its consideration. The last two chapters report on the…

The Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Colombia, as established in Article 5° of Act 31 of 1992, submitted its second report of the year to the Congress of Colombia. The report analyzes the international economic environment, the performance of the Colombian economy so far in 2017, and…