Economy

The beginnings of each year have never been easy and 2023 is no exception to this rule. The hangover that the Christmas celebrations left millions of people and the end of a year of good growth began to collide very early with the first symptoms of the much-announced new year economic slowdownthe sharp increase in the cost of bank credit, not to mention that of the drip and, for those who were not cautious in 2022 and spent with full hands, with the expenses of the start of the school season, 13.12 percent more expensive than that of the previous…

The Colombian Mining Association (ACM) revealed the results of its member companies during 2022 and the projections for the new year, in which a investment of more than 14 billion pesos in the national industry. According to the report, mining is one of the engines that will keep the Colombian economy moving in 2023, after the encouraging results in 2022 with advances in the production of gold, coal, nickel and cement, with historical records in the collection of royalties used for projects in the regions.(Also read: Wayús indigenous complete a day of blockade of the Cerrejón railway line) Regarding royalties,…

Portfolio known in scoop that Guillermo Herrera, former Minister of Sport, was named this Thursday as president of the Colombian Chamber of Construction (Camacol) by the Board of Directors of the union.Also read: Housing, one of the key axes of the economy by 2023 The politician, born in Anserma, Caldas, in August 1969, graduated as Business Administrator from the Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario University. Likewise, he has a specialization in Urban Law from the Externado de Colombia University and in Public Administration and Urban Government from the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (Holland). Between 1998…

The own brand products offered by supermarkets and the so-called discounters are in their quarter of an hour.With an average price close to 30% less than commercial brand products, their demand has increased among Colombian families, who today are in economic uncertainty due to high inflation and devaluation that increases the price of imported goods.(You can also read: Gasoline: how far could the price in the country go in this 2023?) A study done by Kantar Worldpanel provides data on the behavior of these products in the basket of consumption of Colombians.María José Cruz, Associate Manager Client Management of this…