The main world economies (#G20) agreed that the countries of the International Development Association (#IDA) and the least #developed#countries, listed by the #UN, can suspend interest payments on their debts, in order to stimulate the world #economy during the sanitary crisis
The #Colombian Central Bank decided to inject permanent #liquidity into the #economy (9 trillion pesos - 2,325 million dollars) by reducing the legal #reserve#requirement (money held by #banks within the central bank)
Aufgrund einer stärkeren Nachfrage nach riskanten Vermögenswerten, verzeichnete der Dollar einen Rückgang von $12,07 Gegenüber dem offiziellen Kurs. Die Börsen erlebten weltweit eine leichte Erholung aufgrund positiver Nachrichten bezüglich der Corona-Virus Ansteckungen
#IMF estimates that the #globaleconomy will fall 3% in 2020 due to the #coronavirus. For #LatinAmerica, this organization estimates that it will contract by 5.2%, with #Colombia being one of the least affected, with a contraction of 2.4%
According to the latest report by the @WorldBank estimating the Gross Domestic Product #GDP of Latin America,#Colombia will contract 2%, being one of the 4 countries in the region that will fall the least in the region, surpassed by #Paraguay and #Suriname and equaled by #Panama
Colombia's #centralbank reported that the country's external debt reached 49.8% in #January, totaling $ 140.06 billion. As a proportion of #GDP, the debt reached in January represents an #increase of 7.1 percentage points compared to #December of the previous year.
El #sector#agricultor continúa su labor en tiempos de #cuarentena. Los #cultivos de #café entran en su etapa de recolección del grano durante abril, en donde se podrá emplear mano de obra cesante; además la cotización en #WallStreet de la libra tiene márgenes superiores a US$1,1
According to @fedesarrollo the #consumer#confidence index fell to -23.8%, #representing the lowest figure since 2017. With a #decrease of 12.5 percentage points compared to what was registered in February, when the figure was -11.2 %.
In #Colombia, the Consumer Confidence Index #ICC registered a balance of -23.8%, which represents a decrease of 12.5 percentage points (pps) compared to the previous month. In turn, it registered its #lowest#level since February #2017 (-24.3%)
Mediante el Consejo Nacional de Política Económica y Social - #CONPES, se aprobó la política #Colombia Potencia #Bioceánica Sostenible 2030, que busca impulsar el #desarrollo#sostenible de los 928.660 km2 de territorio marítimo y costero; alineada con el objetivo 14 de los #ODS