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On March 31st 2016, Banco de la República, the Central Bank of Colombia, started circulating the new $100 thousand peso banknote, the first of the new family.   This banknote pays tribute to Carlos Lleras Restrepo, former President of Colombia, complying with Article 10 of Act 1167 issued in…

At its meeting today, the Board of Directors of Banco de la República (the Central Bank of Colombia) agreed to hold the intervention interest rate steady at 5.25%. This decision was taken in light of the following considerations.  

At today’s session, the Board of Directors of the Banco de la Republica decided to hold the benchmark interest rate at 3.25%.  In making this decision, the Board took the following factors into account:

The Board of Directors of Banco de la República decided unanimously to leave its benchmark interest rate at 9.50%.The Board emphasized the difficult situation in the international environment and the uncertainty surrounding forecasts for growth in the United States and the world economy. Less…

At a meeting today, the Board of Directors of Banco de la República decided to leave its benchmark interest rate at 9.50%. Annual inflation went from 5.16% in October to 5.41% in November, primarily due to food prices.  Added to this were the increases in regulated prices and those for…

At a meeting today, the Board of Directors of Banco de la República agreed to leave its benchmark interest rate at 9.75%.Inflation in February (1.5%) went beyond the Bank’s forecasts and the market’s expectations, primarily due to higher food prices. The figures on hand confirm the monetary-…

At a meeting today, the Board of Directors of Banco de la República agreed, by majority vote, to leave its intervention interest rate unchanged. Consequently, the repo auction base rate will remain at 10%. Annual consumer inflation was 7.87% by August, which is 35 bp more than the month before…

At a meeting today, the Board of Directors of Banco de la República decided unanimously to leave its intervention interest rate at 9.75%.Annual inflation was 6.39% in May. This is 66 basis points more than annual inflation in April. The increase was due primarily to the rise in unprocessed food…

At a meeting today, the Board of Directors of Banco de la República decided to leave the intervention interest rate unchanged.  As a result, the repo auction base rate will remain at 3%.  This decision was taken in light of the following factors.

In its meeting today, the Board of Directors of the Banco de la Republica kept its benchmark interest rate unaltered.  As a result, the base rate for liquidity-expansion auctions will remain at 3%.  The decision was made with the following in mind:

At a meeting today, the Board of Directors of Banco de la República left its intervention interest rate unchanged.  As a result, the repo auction base rate will remain at 3%.  This decision was taken in light of the following factors.

At a meeting today, the Board of Directors of Banco de la República decided not to change its intervention interest rates. As a result, the base rate for repo auctions will remain at 9.25%. Inflation stayed on a downward trend throughout September, primarily because of the drop in food…

At its meeting today, the Board of Directors of Banco de la República decided, by a majority, to hold the benchmark interest rate at 3.25%. The Board took that decision based on the following relevant aspects.  

At a meeting today, the Board of Directors of Banco de la República (the Central Bank of Colombia) agreed to make no change in the intervention interest rate, keeping it at 5.25%. The following was taken into account with respect to this decision:  

An article published by Central Banking, the world’s leading central banking journal, ranked Banco de la República’s (the Central Bank of Colombia) research team as the best in Latin America and 14th worldwide.

The Board of Directors of Banco de la República at today’s meeting decided to increase the benchmark interest rate by 50 bp to 5.25%. For this decision, the Board mainly took into consideration the following aspects:  

On December the 2nd Banco de la República (Central Bank of Colombia) purchased USD1.5 billion from the Government at the current certified exchange rate (TRM). By doing so, the Bank is strengthening its international reserves position accordingly with its long-term external risk hedging policy.

The Board of Directors of Banco de la República at today’s meeting decided to increase the benchmark interest rate by 25 bp to 6.5%. For this decision, the Board mainly took into account the following aspects:

The Board of Directors of Banco de la República at today’s meeting decided to increase the benchmark interest rate by 25 bp to 7.25%. For this decision, the Board mainly took into account the following aspects:  

The Board of Directors of Banco de la República at today’s meeting decided to increase the benchmark interest rate by 25 bp to 7.50%. For this decision, the Board mainly took into account the following aspects:  

The Board of Directors of Banco de la República at today’s meeting decided to increase the benchmark interest rate by 25 bp to 7.75%. For this decision, the Board mainly took into account the following aspects: 

The Board of Directors of Banco de la República at today’s meeting decided to increase the benchmark interest rate by 50 bp to 7.0%. For this decision, the Board mainly took into account the following aspects:

In a meeting today, Banco de la República’s Board of Directors decided to raise the intervention interest rate by 25 basis points.  As a result, the repo auction base rate will be 3.5%.  This decision was taken in light of the following factors.

Banco de la República reported US$666.2 million in discretionary purchases of foreign currency on the exchange market in April 2007, bringing the total so far this year to US$4,527.4 million.  It made no final purchases or sales of TES B during that month, and was holding Co$ 1.45 trillion in…

Banco de la República purchased US$1,836.7 million in foreign currency on the exchange market in March 2007, through discretional intervention. This amounts to a total of US$3,861.2 million so far this year.  Its net sales of TES that same month came to Col$596 billion pesos.  The Bank…