Petro doubles its commitment in economic policy with the new board of the Bank of the Republic

The discussion this Monday at the meeting of the board of directors of the Banco de la República anticipates more tense than usual. The reason? It will be the first in which four of the seven co-directors that make it were elected by President Gustavo Petro. The objective? Define the official interest rate, a tool protected by the central bank in order to graduate the price of money. It is a decision with natural effects on inflation and growth.…

The new edition of the Council of Ministers televised takes an hour and a half to the air. The president, in the midst of a presentation by the Minister of Education, has attacked the former Minister of Finance, José Antonio Ocampo, and the Board of Directors of the Bank of the Republic. Petro pointed out to Ocampo that he was guilty of the current hole in the government budget. The president said that the former minister made a mistake by drawi…

During the Council of Ministers, the president also projected a new record investment in education for 2025 of $79.2 billion