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Portfolio flows are an important source of funding for both private and public agents in emerging market economies. In this paper, we study the influence of changes in domestic and US monetary policy rates on portfolio inflows in an emerging market economy and discriminate among fixed…

Emerging and Frontier Markets: Capital Flows, Resiliency, Risks, and Growth - Supported by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), the Latin American Reserve Fund (FLAR), and Banco de la República (The Central Bank of Colombia)

Emerging and Frontier Markets: Capital Flows, Resiliency, Risks, and Growth - Supported by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), the Latin American Reserve Fund (FLAR), and Banco de la República (The Central Bank of Colombia)

This paper reviews the studies on corruption in Colombia, the main definitions,some stylized factsand their typeof measurements. Likewise, it presents the series of the main corruption measures available in the countrybased on data from entities such as the Contraloría General de la…

The covid-19 pandemic distorted the pattern of household consumption. Consequently, the official fixed basket CPI could be measuring inaccurately the evolution of inflation. The exercise presented in this document, was to update the weighting structure of the basket with alternative…

This paper analyzes empirically the relationship between monetary policy interventions and the net interest margin of Colombian credit institutions for the 2003 - 2019 period.

The Financial Stability Report outlines the Bank’s assessment of the recent performance of credit institutions and their debtors, as well as the main risks and vulnerabilities that could affect the financial stability of the…

Small family farms account for 72 percent of the farms in the world. Most of these farms, in developing countries, face labor productivity gaps. One of the strategies to increase agricultural productivity focuses on implementing technical assistance programs. Using…

We use the stochastic frontier approach to estimate the reservation wage across different city groups in Colombia. We use the information of GEIH from 2008-2019 of 23 urban cities. We find empirical evidence in favour of the search theory predictions that suggest a positive relation…

Presentación realizada en el Seminario Anif – Fedesarrollo, Club El Nogal.

Presentación realizada durante el Comité consultivo de empresarios, en Cali. 

Presentación realizada durante el Seminario Macro Anif 

The opinions contained in this document are the sole responsibility of the authors and do not commit Banco de la República or its Board of Directors

The opinions contained in this document are the sole responsibility of the authors and do not commit Banco de la República or its Board of Directors.

The opinions contained in this document are the sole responsibility of the authors and do not commit Banco de la República or its Board of Directors

Although transactions of foreign exchange market intermediaries with the real sector in the peso-dollar market are low in comparison to the ones with offshore agents, it is important to understand the behavior of the real sector and its impact on the exchange market. This paper assesses…

The opinions contained in this document are the sole responsibility of the authors and do not commit Banco de la República or its Board of Directors

Colombia’s economy expanded by 2.7% in 2018, gaining momentum after a period of deceleration in which the annual growth rate fell from 4.7% in 2014 to 1.4% in 2017. While growth was still below potential (estimated around 3.3%), the uptick in 2018 suggests the groundwork for Colombia’s economic…

This is the Statistical Annex of a new publication by the Governor of the Central Bank of Colombia. It is addressed to citizens, analysts, and domestic and foreign investors interested in learning about the most recent events in the Colombian economy, and their implications for monetary policy…

In this seventh edition of the Payment Systems Report, the boxes focus on three topics of interest to the industry that renders payments clearing and settlement services as well as to those taking part in them. First, the international debate revolving around the optimal capital level of Central…