Despite the disappearance of the airlines Viva Air and Ultra, ticket prices have not risen. In fact, only in June, when the holidays start for many, they fell 6.4% compared to May.
According to Dane, in June the prices were 3.1% lower than those of March (last month of operation of Ultra) and 8.3% lower than those of February (last month of operation of Viva). So far this year they have fallen 3.5%.
(Read also: The routes that were left without operation without Viva and Ultra Air)
The way back from inflation
If inflation falls to 9.5% in DecemberAs forecast by analysts and also by the Minister of Finance, they would no longer be at the highest levels of 24 years ago, since March 1999, but at the levels that, before last year’s escalation, had not been touched since June 2000.
During the recent climb he passed through it in May of last year. According to the LatinFocus survey, 2024 would close at 4.6%.
Relief in unemployment and informality
According to the ILO and ECLAC, Colombia is one of the countries in the region where unemployment fell the most after the pandemicbetween 2021 and 2022. It ranks fifth, with a reduction of 2.6 percentage points in unemployment.
even has the largest reduction in informal work in that period, 2 points. As the improvements in the labor market are slowing down, we will have to wait and see what ends up happening in 2023.
(Also read: Inflation continues to drop in Colombia: it reached 12.13% in June)
How much are the debts in the world
After growing 6.2% in one year, companies around the world have debts of at least 7.8 trillion dollars, according to the firm Janus Henderson. This balance equals the earnings of The 1,000 largest companies in Colombia for 233 years.
On the other hand, if these Colombian firms decided to use the total of your winnings to eliminate your obligations –for example, without investing again–, it would take 6 years.
Mauricio Galindo
economics editor
On Twitter: @galmau
