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…
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BanRep Blog: Cash and Electronic Payments During the Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly altered the way merchants do business. Preventive confinement, health restrictions and fear of contagion…
BanRep Blog: Population Aging and the Costs of the Pension System
Population aging poses a serious challenge to the Colombian pension system. Graph 1, taken from the document…
BanRep Blog: Internationalization and Colombia's Foreign Trade: Diagnostic Coincidences
The Internationalization Mission convened by the National Government with the participation of renowned international…
BanRep Blog: The effects of Part-Time Social Security Contributions on the Colombian Labor Market
In 2014, Decree 2616 introduced a change in regulation that lowered payroll taxes for low-income, part-time workers in Colombia. The reform made…
BanRep Blog: Inflation expectations anchored to Banco de la República’s target
Inflation expectations correspond to what economic agents believe inflation will be in the future. This is a variable that is relevant to monetary…
