Colombia

BMI View: We believe the divergence in Colombian retail sales and industrial production growth data demonstrates the impact of slowing US consumption and recent peso appreciation on... 2010-10-21

Equities remain our favourite asset class in Latin America, and regular readers will know we have been particularly bullish towards Peru and Colombia for quite some time, entering the... 2010-10-20

BMI View: We have revised the fiscal outlook in Colombia to the downside, projecting the central government deficit to come in at 4.3% of GDP in 2010 and 4.1% in 2011. As a result,... 2010-10-14

BMI View: We have revised our full-year Colombian consumer price inflation (CPI) projection down from 3.5% y-o-y in 2010 to 2.8%, but still expect private credit growth to drive CPI... 2010-10-08

Despite recent calls from the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) to engage in peace talks with the Colombian government, we believe the rebel group's refusal to lay... 2010-09-29

We turned outright bullish towards Colombia's benchmark IGBC equity index in our Key Market Views on September 29, as the US dollar carry trade and strong fundamentals continue to... 2010-09-29

BMI View: Given that the Colombian central bank is now purchasing a minimum of US$20mn per day in a plan to accumulate foreign exchange reserves and stem currency appreciation, we believe... 2010-09-29

BMI View: Given that the Colombian central bank is now purchasing a minimum of US$20mn per day in a plan to accumulate foreign exchange reserves and stem currency appreciation, we believe... 2010-09-29

BMI View: A steady recovery in Colombian private credit growth will place upside pressure on consumer price inflation (CPI) over the coming quarters. As a result, we are maintaining... 2010-09-07

Official unemployment in Colombia fell from 12.1% in May to 11.6% in June, according to the national bureau of statistics (DANE). Although June's figure was a 1.8% year-on-year rise,... 2010-09-03