The ‘FocusEconomics Analyst Forecast Awards’ are annual awards that recognize the most accurate economic forecasts in six key indicators for macroeconomics: GDP, fiscal balance, inflation, interest rate, exchange rate and
Current account in 100 countries and for 21 raw materials. Here we tell you which were the firms and analysts who won for their most accurate forecasts in Colombia.
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Regarding the general estimates during the period of In a 22-month FocusEconomics study, Diego Pereira of JP Morgan was the analyst who had the most accurate forecasts for the country. In second place is the research team from Capital Economics and in third is the research team from Banco Davivienda.
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Diego Pereira, JP Morgan analyst
Regarding the fiscal balance, the research team of the insurance company Positiva was the one that had the greatest successes in terms of forecasting.s. Followed in second place by Alejandro Arreaza from Barclays Capital and finally in third is the research team from Capital Economics.
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The interest rate that Colombia has had a better forecast by the Davivienda analyst, Juan Camilo Sanchez; The Scotiabank Colpatria research team was ranked second and the Corficolombiana research team ranked third.
Davivienda stands out for its interest rate forecast.
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Regarding the exchange rate, JP Morgan’s Diego Pereira again had the best prognosis; In second place was Kimberley Sperrfechter from Capital Economics and in third, Juan Camilo Sánchez from Davivienda.
Who else came close with their inflation forecast was the Corficolombiana research team; in second place Juan Camilo Sánchez de Davivienda and in third place the research team from Scotiabank Colpatria.
The Corficolombiana research team maintained good forecasts in the different indicators.
Twitter: @corficolombiana
In the current account indicator, the analyst Diego Pereira of JP Morgan was the most accurate. In second place, the Scotiabank Colpatria team and in third place the economy and consumer group from Euromonitor Internacional.
finally, in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Alejandro Arreaza of Barclays Capital had the best forecast; It is followed by the research team from Scotiabank Colpatria and the research team from Torino Capital, which ranks third.
JUAN DAVID CANO LOPERA
School of Multimedia Journalism EL TIEMPO
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