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Last week ended with the Central Bank increasing rates from 10-11%, fully as expected but FinMin Ocampo was part of a unanimous vote of 7-0 despite public comments suggesting rate increases wouldn’t slow supply side inflation. His reply was that he wanted to help the...

The Central Bank will sit down shortly over fine Colombian coffee and, no doubt, a few cheeky pastries to discuss what to do about interest rates. The current 10% is not going to get the job done and the consensus is for a move to 11%. The question that remains is whether that is...

Perhaps the biggest concern is the perception of mixed messages between President Petro and Finance Minister Ocampo.

A Colombian government delegation was in Washington this week meeting with IMF, World Bank and US officials.

The Peso closed Friday at $4622 close to record lows after Thursday President Petro made mention of taxing "hot money."

This is inflation week and September CPI is expected to be 0.78% (slowing slightly from 1.02% in August) with the 12m rate rising to 11.29%.

The m/o/m decline of 0.3% points to a gradual slowdown in the Colombian economy.

President Petro is in NY to address the UN on climate change and sustainability

Emerging market central banks may have acted faster than those of the developed world, but it doesn't mean they have done enough.

Ocampo has been charged in the first instance with the completion of both a complex tax reform and a development plan by the end of the year.