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Economy & Business - March 2007
COLOMBIA: Inflation points to higher interest rates
The poor February inflation figure (1.17%) points to the central bank authorising further increases in interest rates. The February 2007 inflation figure was almost twice the February 2006 figure and well above what independent economists had forecast.
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