Investments and Business

At about 8 in the morning yesterday, when the attendees of the World Economic Forum in Davos began to arrive at the Congress Center, the thermometer marked seven degrees below zero. The temperature, typical for this time of year in the town located in the Swiss Alps, forced those present to wear hats, gloves, scarves, boots and thick jackets every time they went out.But the cold outside was offset by the warmth of the enclosed area. And not only because of the heating, but also because of a couple of main messages after the first day of sessions, which served…

After several years of working on its approval and regulation, the government of President Gustavo Petro arrived determined to begin collect the valuation tax to the property owners who have benefited from the infrastructure works that have been built in the country.Although last week the Minister of Transportation, Guillermo Reyes, assured in an interview with EL TIEMPO that this payment would only be made until 2024, in the last few hours he announced that It will begin to be carried out from this year.(Also read: Concessions that raised tolls should lower them: there will be no refund) He said that…

Industrial production and retail trade sales gave further signs of a slowdown in the economyAccording to the data to November presented yesterday by the Dane. Retail trade sales increased 1.7 percent in the eleventh month of the year, which contrasts with the increase of 11.8 percent in the whole of the 11 consecutive months.Meanwhile, industrial production grew in that month 4.5 percent below the 11.8 percent that it had grown in the accumulated once months.By December, according to Fenalco's Monthly Log, businessmen reduced their profits or lost money.71 percent of those surveyed saw their sales decrease or increase in similar…

To start, according to Runt figures and Andemos calculations, in December 2022, 21,914 new vehicles were registered in Colombiathis is 13.4 percent less than during the same month in 2021 and the lowest figure in the last 12 years.Despite this data, 2022 closed with 262,595 new units, an increase of 4.8 percent compared to the accumulated figure of 2021 when 250,497 zero-kilometer vehicles were registered in the country. For those who are planning to buy a car in 2023, one of the keys to consider should be the interest rates that banks offer.Initially, One of the banks that has one…