Economy

The National Infrastructure Agency, ANI, will carry out pre-feasibility studies for the reactivation of the Pacific Railroad Corridor from the Port of Buenaventura and its connection with the Central Railroad Corridor. The idea is that through an inter-administrative contract signed between ANI and Financiera de Desarrollo Nacional 24 billion pesos are allocated and for 15 months the pre-feasibility is evaluated to advance to the stage of designs and feasibility studies for a subsequent bidding process for awarding.In this way, municipalities such as Buenaventura, Dagua,La Cumbre, Yumbo, Cali, Palmira, Cerrito, Ginebra, Guacarí, Buga, San Pedro,Tuluá, Andalucía, Bugalagrande, Zarzal, La Victoria, Obando…

The Dane revealed that by November 2022 the unemployment rate reached 9.5 percentwhich represents a drop compared to the 11.5 percent that occurred in the same month of 2021.(In addition: The usury rate rose and will be 43.26% in January) Similarly, the entity noted that the occupancy rate was 57.4 percent and the overall participation rate was 63.4 percent.Piedad Urdinola, the director of the National Department of Statistics, Dane, said that, in terms of gender, the gap continues to improve.By November 2022, the gap between the unemployment rate for women and that for men was 4.5 percent; this contrasts with…

The Dane revealed that by November 2022 the unemployment rate reached 9.5 percent, which represents a drop compared to the 11.5 percent that occurred in the same month of 2021. Similarly, the entity noted that the occupancy rate was 57.4 percent and the overall participation rate was 63.4 percent.Piedad Urdinola, the director of the National Department of Statistics, Dane, said that, in terms of gender, the gap continues to improve.By November 2022, the gap between the unemployment rate for women and that for men was 4.5 percent; this contrasts with that of the 5.8 that occurred the same last month.In…

The Financial Superintendence of Colombia announced that in January the usury rate will be 43.26 percent for the consumer and ordinary credit modality.With this change, the increase in the rate is 180 basis points with respect to the previous period. In December, the usury rate was 41.46 percent and was positioned as the highest since 2007, however, the record is now for January 2023This rate is the maximum interest that a financial institution can charge its customers for consumer and ordinary credit, such as credit cards.In the case of the rate for the microcredit modality, this will be 58.8 percent…