Remarks and Presentations

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Speech by the Governor before attendees of the XVIII Asofondos Congress
Cartagena,Good morning to all Asofondos Congress attendees. I extend a special greeting to my esteemed fellow panelists in this opening session: Mr. Juan David…
 Abril 04 2025, Cartagena, Colombia
Mitos y realidades de la política monetaria - “La historia del dinero contada desde las islas de Yap” (Only in Spanish)
Con la historia de los Habitantes de la Isla de Yap, hacemos una analogía al patrón oro del siglo XIX. En ese entonces había un “banco de la moneda” que…
 Download (only in Spanish) Febrero 20 2025,
Notes by the Governor at the 27th Asobancaria Treasury Congress
Notes at the 27th Asobancaria Treasury CongressLeonardo Villar, Governor of Banco de la República (the Central Bank of Colombia)Cartagena, 13 February…
 Febrero 13 2025, Cartagena, Colombia
Technical Document - Relevance and Risks of Issuing a Central Bank Digital Currency in Colombia
This technical document presents Banco de la República’s analysis of the relevance and risks of issuing a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) in Colombia. It…
 Download Enero 27 2025,
Mitos y realidades de la política monetaria - ¿Cuáles son los canales de transmisión de la política monetaria? (only in Spanish)
Los tres canales principales por los que se transmite la política monetaria, según la literatura económica, son: la tasa de interés, el crédito y el tipo de…
 Download (only in Spanish) Enero 20 2025,
Technical note "Macroeconomic and Fiscal Effects of Increased Efficiency in Medicine Procurement: A General Equilibrium Analysis of the Colombian Health System"
This study analyzes the macroeconomic and fiscal effects of greater efficiency in medicines procurement in Colombia, using both static (computable) and dynamic…
 Diciembre 31 2024,
Presentation "Session 2. Panel. Financial Stability in Latin America and the Caribbean", Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Presented during the 58th Meeting of the Network of Central Banks and Finance Ministries of Latin America and the Caribbean organizaed by the Inter-American…
 Download Noviembre 20 2023, Washington, Estados Unidos
Villar-Gómez, Leonardo
Opening Speech of the 24th Meeting of the Regional Financial Stability Group
I am very pleased to welcome you to Bogotá and to this 24th meeting of the Regional Financial Stability Group  , which has been organized on this…
 Marzo 23 2023, Bogotá, Colombia
Villar-Gómez, Leonardo
Speech by the Governor at the 25th Treasury Conference
I must begin by saying something that you know very well. The policy interest rate of Banco de la República (the Central Bank of Colombia) has drastically…
 Febrero 09 2023, Cartagena, Colombia
Jaime Jaramillo-Vallejo
Presentation "Transmission Mechanisms: Some Challenges"
Online Presentation delivered at the webinar held by the National Bank of Ukraine and the Euro Area Business Cycle Network (EABCN): Session 1. Effectiveness of…
 Download Noviembre 25 2022, Virtual
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