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It's doubtful it will be a quiet week in Colombia - but have a good one.

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.