Colombia: strong growth in Q4, but weakness to come

Colombian GDP growth beat expectations in the fourth quarter, but we doubt that the impressiveperformance can be sustained. Lower commodity prices, tighter global monetary conditions and weakercredit growth suggest that GDP growth will slow. We have pencilled in an increase of 3.8% this year,down from 4.3% in 2013.

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