The Central Bank of Colombia (BANREP) this afternoon announced that it will resume market intervention to stem the appreciation of the peso. History shows that this may be successful in preventing the currency from appreciating further, but it is unlikely to weaken it substantially – something that the authorities are hoping to achieve. In the near-term, their best hope may be that commodity prices fall.
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