The Colombian government is looking to issue bonds with a 100-year duration, capitalizing on strong long-term economic outlook to finance the ongoing deficit, Colombia’s finance minister reported in US news-wire…
The Interior Ministry does not have enough money to implement its protection program for more than 10,000 at-risk people, the vice minister announced. According to Colombian media, Vice Minister of…
Colombia’s consolidated public sector deficit, which includes regional governments and state-owned firms, closed 2010 at 3% of gross domestic production, Finance Minister Juan Carlos Echeverry said Wednesday. The figure is…
Colombia set its fiscal deficit target for 2011 at 4.1% of gross domestic product as higher tax revenue should help offset added spending to deal with massive floods that have…
Colombia expects its central government fiscal deficit for 2010 at 3.9 percent, narrower than the initial target of 4.3 percent, the finance minister said in an interview with local newspaper…
The Colombian government raised its expected consolidated budget deficit for 2011 as it will boost spending in agriculture, housing, infrastructure and science and technology, making budget equilibrium more distant. Finance…
Rising exports lifted Colombia’s trade surplus to $233 million in February 2010, up from a $42 million deficit in the same month a year earlier, according to figures released Thursday by statistics department…
President Alvaro Uribe expressed his satisfaction on Thursday at Colombia’s successful issuing of $800m worth of bonds on international markets, reports Caracol Radio. Uribe said that the bond sale’s reception…