US EditionMarch Inflation in Colombia Accelerates to 5.56% per Year
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In Colombia, every inflation data published by the state Department of National Statistics (DANE) has become more than a statistic in recent months. The number measures how much goods and services have become expensive, but in the current context it also serves as ammunition in the battle that the government of Gustavo Petro is waging against the Bank of the Republic. While the Executive demands lower interest rates, the Issuer has raised them a…
Colombia's Consumer Price Index (CPI) rebounded in March in year-on-year terms to 5.56%, which represents an acceleration of 27 hundredths compared to 5.29 percent in February, according to the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE).Inflation rose by 0.78% in March alone, three tenths less than [...] The entry Colombia's CPI reports in March to 5.56% annually, but cools to 0.78% per month appears first in Forbes Spain.
The National Administrative Department of Statistics (Dane) reported that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) recorded an annual variation of 5.56 per cent, above 5.29 per cent in February. Between February and March, the variation was 0.78 per cent, higher than that of the same month of 2025 (0.52%). “The last annual variation higher than that of March 2026 was presented in September 2024 (5.81%),” said Piedad Urdinola, director of Dane. The behavio…
Inflation in Colombia is still out of control and after a slight break in February it accelerated sharply in March to 5.56%. Piedad Urdinola, director of the National Administrative Department of Statistics, DANE, said that in the third month of 2026 prices increased by 0.78%, above what the financial market projected. The conflict in Iran and the increase in the minimum wage are the main arguments found by the market for the acceleration of pri…
Inflation in Colombia resumed its upward trend in 2026. Photo: Official account taken of the Mayor of Villavicencio in X In March 2026, annual inflation in Colombia was 5.56%, which means that it was above the previous month (5.29 %), confirming a new acceleration of the indicator, as anticipated by analysts. According to DANE, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was also above the market consensus, which expected 5.4%, and even exceeded the data ach…
It should be noted that, in February, annual inflation slowed to 5.29 per cent, compared with 5.35% in January, a lower result than anticipated by the market, which projected a figure of close to 5.5 per cent.
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