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The Magic Coin is an animated pedagogical game that is part of the economic education program BanRep Educa. It aims to promote children’s understanding of basic economic concepts in a simple and didactic way. Through this game, participants will:

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The analysis of the impacts of coffee bonanzas and crisis on the Colombian economy, given its importance, has been one of the favorite topics of research both by Colombian and foreing economists, Cárdenas (1991); Carkovic (1992); Cuddington (1986); Ocampo (1994); Posada (1992); Urrutia and Suescún…

This study reports evidence of the existence of house price bubbles in several Canadian provinces around the recent global financial crisis. Using a wealth of monthly data for about a thirty-year period we find evidence supporting the hypothesis that the bubble in Quebec transmitted to four other…

Abstract Over the past 30 years, monetary and macroprudential policy in Colombia evolved towards the pursuit of a low and credible inflation target and a stable financial system. The protracted inflation that began in the early seventies was defeated at the turn of the century with the help of the…

During the transition from a moderately high level of inflation to an internationally accepted level, the target, the inflation rate, the nominal interest rate and the nominal equilibrium interest rate may be difference stationary. Policy rules estimation, however, is usually performed under…

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The system’s first phase has been launched with innovations in the procedures to record international investment operations and transactions. It is safe, agile, and easy to access at: https://www.banrep.gov.co/es/operaciones-cambiarias (only available in Spanish) selecting the "New Foreign…

The Foreign Exchange Affairs and Settlements Department will launch the new Foreign Exchange Information System in September 2021 to gradually replace the Foreign Exchange Statistical System (SEC) used to transmit foreign exchange transactions. The new system will be available in three phases and…

The new information system that will support the services of the Central Securities Depository (DCV), a financial market infrastructure essential for the custody, clearing, and settlement of transactions on public debt securities, the fiduciary management of Colombian securities, and the execution…

The June meeting of the BDBR (#JuntaBanrep) started today at 8:30 a.m. This is their ninth meeting this year. Monetary policy decisions will be made at today's meeting. Until August, the benchmark interest rate completed 16 months unaltered at 4.25%. The last time this rate was lowered was on 30…

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AbstractInequality in access to high-quality education can hinder the ability of education to promote intergenerational mobility. Looking at the case of Colombia, one of the most unequal and least mobile countries in Latin America, we evaluate whether contemporary differences in access to high…

Adam Smith Seminar. Schloss Spiez, Switzerland 

In this paper we explore the price setting behavior of Colombian producers and importers using a unique database containing the monthly price reports underlying the Colombian PPI from Jun-1999 to Oct-2006. We focus on five particular questions:

  The primary objective of monetary policy is to reach and maintain a low and stable inflation rate, and to achieve a long-term GDP growth trend.   This is the only way to achieve sustained growth rates that will generate employment and improve the population’s quality of life. Otherwise…