Oscar Medina
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6 days ago |
bloomberg.com | Oscar Medina
Core inflation, which excludes volatile food prices, also rebounded, to 5.29%, also higher than expected by all forecasters. (Bloomberg) -- Colombian inflation unexpectedly jumped in April in an unwelcome surprise for policymakers who restarted monetary easing last week. The annual inflation rate accelerated to 5.16%, from 5.09% in March. That was higher than expected by all 25 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg, whose median forecast was 5.00%.
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1 week ago |
bloomberg.com | Oscar Medina
Colombia planea ser más abierta sobre el verdadero estado de sus finanzas públicas en un intento de recuperar la confianza de los inversionistas y así reducir costos de endeudamiento, dijo el director de Crédito Público del Ministerio de Hacienda. El país está pagando una prima de riesgo más alta por una percibida falta de transparencia, lo que ha generado escepticismo en el mercado, dijo Javier Cuéllar en una entrevista.
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1 week ago |
bloomberg.com | Oscar Medina
(Bloomberg) -- Colombia plans to be more open about the true state of its public finances in a bid to regain investor trust and thereby cut borrowing costs, according to the nation’s director of public credit. The country is paying a higher risk premium for a perceived lack of transparency, which has generated investor skepticism, said Javier Cuellar, who is in charge of the nation’s financing strategy.
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2 weeks ago |
bloomberg.com | Oscar Medina
(Bloomberg) -- Colombia’s central bank will likely hold its interest rate steady for a third straight meeting as concerns over the nation’s public spending deter policymakers from providing monetary stimulus. The seven-member board will leave borrowing costs unchanged at 9.5% on Wednesday, according to 27 of 29 economists surveyed by Bloomberg. One analyst expects a quarter-point reduction while one sees a half-point drop.
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2 weeks ago |
bloomberg.com | Oscar Medina |Nicolle Yapur
Colombia’s bonds are underperforming peers as investors lose faith in the fiscal anchor that steadied the local market for more than a decade. The credibility of the “fiscal rule,” which is meant to limit the government’s ability to run up debt, is in question after the government of President Gustavo Petro breached it last year. That’s pushing up borrowing costs and forcing investors to seek other ways to gauge the nation’s financial health.
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RT @wicary: Fresh arrests in a sweeping Colombian corruption probe are putting Gustavo Petro’s marquee pension reform at even greater risk…
Le prometen a la gente llevar almuerzos en 15 minutos. Con eso, los domiciliarios se creen con licencia de cruzarse semáforos en rojo o ir en contravía. Y lo peor es que las autoridades no le han prestado atención a las externalidades negativas que ha creado eso en las ciudades.
El daño que ha hecho @RappiColombia a la cultura ciudadana esto inmenso .
No me cabe en la cabeza cómo John Durán que está haciendo un papelón horrible en Arabia Saudita es convocado a la selección Colombia por encima del Cucho Hernández.
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