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María Claudia Llanes
María Claudia Llanes
Senior Economist
Bogotá

•MSc. in Economics from the University of London, London

•Previous work experience:  Research on pension systems at the National Planning Department of Colombia

•Research on Chilean pension system as a consultant in Chile

•Joined ERD BBVA Colombia on October 2009

Latest publications

The national unemployment rate was 10.7% in April, down from 11.2% in the same month of 2022. Seasonally adjusted, the April unemployment rate was at relatively low levels. These lower levels of the unemployment rate have been observed since February 2023 and have been leveraged by a strong increase in employment.
At the Forum "Colombia's Social challenges" a summarised version of the report "How is the social situation of Colombians?” which analyses variables related to the social situation, characterises the main poverty figures and concludes with the determinants for improving social well-being.
In March the national unemployment rate was 10.0%, 2.1 percentage points lower than in the same month of 2022. Seasonally adjusted, the unemployment rate in March was 10.0%, down from 10.3% in February and below the 11.0% level around which it had stabilised between May 2022 and January 2023.