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Colombian rebalancing has further to run

On the face of it, there is early hope that the Colombian economy has begun to rebalance away from domestic demand-led and towards export-led manufacturing growth. But with the exchange rate still appreciating and consumer credit growth booming, we think that it is too soon to sound the all-clear. This tips the balance in favour of interest rates being hiked by a further 25bps to 4.5% next week.

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