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One in four Fitch-rated corporates in Latin America is exposed to either a one-notch sovereign or country ceiling downgrade, while ratings for nearly one-third of issuers are vulnerable to a two-notch downgrade, according to Fitch Ratings. There are a meaningful number of...

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in sectors other than those of mines and energy, between January and August, registered an increase of 11.4%, according to Colombia’s Banco de la República (Bank of the Republic), going from $1.4 billion USD the same period last year to $1.564...

Data from the first half of 2019 indicating that Colombia is on track to meet its 2019 fiscal target without one-off asset sales is a positive development, but meeting the 2020 target could be challenging, says Fitch Ratings. The risks to fiscal consolidation and to the...

Heavy commodity dependence and direct trade exposures represent significant vulnerabilities for Latin American economies if China’s slowdown is sharper than expected, says Fitch Ratings. Large commodity exporters such as Chile, Brazil, Peru and Colombia are likely to be...

Colombia’s recently released Medium-Term Fiscal Framework (MTFF) utilizes optimistic economic growth assumptions and relies on one-off privatization/asset sales and uncertain administrative measures to boost revenues, says Fitch Ratings. As such, risks to achieving...

Negative yields on long-dated government securities are more reflective of distorted market conditions than of stronger sovereign credit profiles, Fitch Ratings says. Lower interest service costs support sovereign creditworthiness, but this must be weighed against the impact of...

According to analysis provided by Bancolombia, Colombia’s consumer price index recorded a monthly increase of 0.27%, coming in at 6 basis points higher than the 0.21% expected by economic analysts. The inflation rate is higher than that of the past decade, 0.23% Costs of produce...

Latin America saw a sharp decrease in both value and volume of initial public offerings (IPO), largely due to continuing economic and political turmoil in the region compounded by a climate of global economic uncertainty. Across the region in the first half of 2019, there were...

Moody’s Investors Service yesterday changed the outlook on the Government of Colombia to stable from negative. Concurrently, Moody’s has affirmed Colombia’s long-term local and foreign-currency issuer, senior unsecured debt ratings and foreign-currency shelf...

Fitch Ratings has announced today that it has affirmed Colombia’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘BBB’ and revised the Rating Outlook to Negative from Stable. Colombia’s Negative Outlook reflects risks to fiscal consolidation and...