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Blog BanRep: Policy Interest Rate as a Response to High Inflation

Banco de la República’s policy interest rate is currently 9.25%. The policy interest rate serves as the benchmark that the Bank…

Blog BanRep: Financial and Real Impacts of the Wealth Tax on SMEs

Tax authorities in both advanced and emerging economies have resorted to tax wealth as a tool to increase tax revenues, replace other taxes,…

Blog BanRep: Potential Drivers of Private Consumption

The Colombian economy has been increasing its growth pace over the past quarters in response to the strengthening of domestic demand, which…

Blog BanRep: How have Hard-Discount Stores transformed local Economies?

Hard-discount stores are a retail innovation that has brought significant changes to Colombia’s commercial landscape. Operating under well-known…

Blog BanRep: Long-term effects of the Familias en Acción (Families in Action) program in Colombia

A recent research paper by Carlos Medina and Christian Posso, senior economists at Banco de la República (the Central Bank of Colombia),…