Economy

That 2023 will not be as dynamic a year as the one that just ended, due to the high inflationthe economic slowdown and international uncertainty does not mean that there are no opportunities to invest. (Also read: Dollar: why is its value falling in Colombia and the world?) On the contrary, rising inflation, interest rates at levels not seen for several years and very low prices of some assets, such as shares, we have good opportunities to take advantage of a situation that seems completely negative.Only, as at any time, you have to act very cautiously, analyzing the right moment…

Shortly after she became manager of Artesanías de Colombia, last October, Adriana Mejía brought together people linked to the entity attached to the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism. Nearly 300 attendees at the appointment —including plant employees and contractors— heard her when she vehemently announced that things were going to change radically. Apart from repeating some of the slogans of the campaign that led the Historical Pact to triumph in the 2022 presidential elections, this lawyer, plastic artist and legal adviser to the Petro Alcocer family, He did not hesitate to criticize the management of those who preceded him…

In the midst of the controversy that showed the statements of Jaime Dussán, president of Colpensiones, who said, on the eve of Christmas, that with the savings that millions of Colombians have for their pensions, social issues and infrastructure works would be financed, such as a project iron rail that would go from Buenaventura to Barranquilla, among others, the private pension funds (AFP) broke their silence and categorically rejected this type of initiative that puts that savings at risk.(Also read: Santiago Montenegro, president of Asofondos, He told EL TIEMPO, exclusively, that in no way should the resources of the youth…

In his weekly column Cuentas Claras, Mauricio Galindo, economic editor of EL TIEMPO, offers the curious figures around the news that happened in the last 7 days. On this occasion, the countries where inflation reached its highest point and is now beginning to decline, the path that Greece and Venezuela are taking to achieve the economic performance they had before their bankruptcies, and the value of the commemorative coins that they have issued the Bank of the Republic, among others.(Also read: Dollar: why is its value falling in Colombia and the world?) Where inflation has already reached its ceilingSeveral countries…