Recent installments of this Blog introduced crucial elements of monetary policy, such as the…
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Blog BanRep: The Colombian Labor Market in the Latin American Context
Although Colombia’s unemployment rate (UR) has declined in recent years, it remains high in the international context. The most recent…
Blog BanRep: Performance and Outlook of the Colombian Economy
As usual, we devote the last Blog of the year to provide a preliminary assessment of the performance of the Colombian economy over the year about…
Blog BanRep: The Inflation Target and its Importance for Price Stability
Inflation is the generalized and sustained increase in the prices of goods and services. When inflation is high, money loses its value rapidly,…
Blog BanRep: Why has the Performance of Interest Rates on Government Bonds been so different from the Policy Interest Rate since 2024?
Since early 2024, interest rates on long-term Colombian government debt bonds, hereafter referred to as government bonds, have been increasing.…
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…
