IMF Staff Country Reports

Colombia: Arrangement Under the Flexible Credit Line—Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Colombia

July 10, 2013

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Colombia: Arrangement Under the Flexible Credit Line—Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Colombia, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2013) accessed November 23, 2024

Summary

This staff report on Colombia’s arrangement under the Flexible Credit Line highlights economic policies and development. Colombia’s economic performance in recent years has been very strong, underpinned by a very strong institutional framework and prudent macroeconomic management. Following a sharp slowdown in 2008–2009, output growth rebounded vigorously, and inflation stayed within the official target range. A very strong policy framework—comprising an inflation-targeting regime, a flexible exchange rate, effective financial sector supervisionand regulation, and a medium-term fiscal framework—provided policy space to undertake timely and effective countercyclical measures to mitigate the effects of the global financial crisis, and skillful policy management helped maintain strong growth with low inflation.

Subject: Central banks, Credit, Economic sectors, External debt, International reserves, Money, Public debt, Public sector

Keywords: Colombia, CR, Credit, Deficit, Executive board discussion, FCL arrangement, Global, International reserves, ISCR, Policy buffer, Policy strategy, Public sector, Successor arrangement

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    49

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2013/201

  • Stock No:

    1COLEA2013003

  • ISBN:

    9781484339992

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685

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