Left-wing Gustavo Petro’s win in the second round of Colombia’s presidential election is likely to spook investors and trigger a sell-off in the country’s financial markets. We suspect that Petro will still pursue moderate fiscal austerity, but not enough to stabilise the public debt ratio. And his plans to increase trade tariffs bode poorly for Colombia’s longer-term growth prospects.
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