Bogotá, Colombia

This document reviews the potential macroeconomic effects of issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC) for the use of individuals and businesses. A careful selection of the architecture, and the economic and technological design aspects of this digital form of central bank money…

As a complement to the analysis presented in Chapter 2 for insurance companies with respect to the development of their portfolio, profitability, and capital adequacy, this box provides an account of the performance of insurance policies issuance, claims, and operational profitability by line of…

Banco de la República’s main goal is to preserve the purchasing power of the currency in coordination with the general economic policy that is intended to stabilize output and employment at long-term sustainable levels.

La presencia de descalces cambiarios es un factor que puede incrementar la vulnerabilidad externa de la economía por la vía de la inversión, el crecimiento, la liquidez y la solvencia de las firmas que se ven sometidas a este fenómeno. En el Recuadro 1 del Reporte de Estabilidad Financiera del…

This box analyzes the recent changes in a battery of indicators on the financial position of households and their trends with respect to their historical behavior. These indicators were calculated based on the quarterly national accounts by institutional sector published by DANE and the…

As foreseen in the April Report, inflation began to fall in the second quarter of 2023. It is expected to continue declining in the following quarters and return near the 3% target by the end of 2024.

I am very happy to present this book because it highlights the role of microfinance institutions (MFIs) in the financial inclusion of the most vulnerable population and its impact on the economic development of the country.

This document reviews the potential macroeconomic effects of issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC) for the use of individuals and businesses. A careful selection of the architecture, and the economic and technological design aspects of this digital form of central bank money…

Automatic price adjustment mechanisms, known as indexing, have mainly been a relatively common practice in developing economies even under different macroeconomic environments. These mechanisms often arise spontaneously in agents’ private contracts as a tool to protect themselves from high and…

The U.S. financial system experienced a period of stress during March 2023 in which several regional banks including First Republic Bank, Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and Silvergate Bank, etc., were affected. The collapse of these institutions had multiple causes and exposed the…

In recent years, Colombia economy has seen a growing trend in the digitalization of payments (perhaps partly as a consequence of the pandemic). This is evident in the increased use of electronic channels.

Banco de la República (Banrep) and DANE jointly disclosed the esults of the Quarterly National Accounts of Institutional Sectors (CNTSI in Spanish) as of June 2021. This work is the result of a joint effort made by the two entities seeking to generate statistics that meet international quality…

Global inflationary pressures remain high, although showing a downward trend, while economic activity demonstrated greater resilience than expected.

This Box summarizes the main findings on central banks’ experience with asset purchases in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, emphasizing the Colombian case.

Recent analyses in the U.S. suggest that the cycle of increases in its benchmark interest rate was accompanied by the inversion of its yield curve and an increase in the probability of recession. The yield curve is understood to be inverted when long-term (10-year) bond rates…

We show that capital controls (CC), by slowing-down firm debt-growth in the boom, improve firm performance during crises. Exploiting a tax on foreign-currency (FX) debt inflows in  Colombia before the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) and multiple firm-level and loan-level…

Developing countries have a vast informal sector generally associated with low productivity levels. The response of informal employment to tax policies might depend on labor market  rigidities. This paper proposes a theoretical framework consisting of a search and…

We examine the extent in which the ratios of book-to-market and earnings-to-price predict excess asset returns in an emerging market economy like Colombia. We want to find the magnitude in which these ratios help to forecast excess returns and if there is any evidence …