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Laura Katherine Peña Cardozo
Laura Katherine Peña Cardozo
BBVA Research - Economist

Laura Katherine is an economist at BBVA Research for Colombia. She supports economic analysis by means of structural trends analysis for the most crucial economic variables of the country.

Laura received her bachelor’s degree in Economics from Universidad Nacional de Colombia. She has experience as Investment Analyst and has performed duties related to economic and financial analysis.

Latest publications

In June, monthly inflation was 0.32%, and annual inflation was 7.18%, slightly higher than the previous month's figure. The result was close to the expectations of market analysts who, according to Banco de la República's survey, expected a monthly variation of 0.28%.
Colombia's economic growth will begin to accelerate gradually during the second half of the year. Domestic demand is expected to consolidate by 2025. Growth is projected at 1.8% in 2024 and 2.8% in 2025. Inflation will continue to decrease, enabling the Central Bank to expedite rate cuts from the end of the year.
In Colombia, the results on food security were published, and despite the decrease in the percentage of households with food insecurity, the deterioration of employment, high food prices and increases in services and rents, reduce the chances of major improvements in this indicator, at least in 2024.