Colombia's inflation seen slowing in October, but 2025 forecasts rise
BOGOTA, Nov 1 (Reuters) -Colombian inflation is expected to continue a downward trend in October thanks to declining food and utility prices, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, as analysts trimmed their forecasts for this year but predicted faster price increases in 2025.
Monthly inflation is expected at 0.15% in October, down from 0.24% in September and 0.25% in the same month last year.
Casa de Bolsa's head of economic research Juan David Bellen said that the inflation figure for last month would be slightly lower due to slower increases in prices for rents, utilities and perishable foods.
"In global terms we expect prices to vary a little, the respite that the exchange rate was giving to imported goods is running out and we do not expect to see substantial reversals in those prices in October," Scotiabank's chief economist Jackeline Pirajan.
Slowing inflation has been a main driver behind the Colombian central bank's interest rate cuts that began in December last year. On Thursday, the bank cut the rate by another 50 basis points to 9.75%.
Cumulative 12-month inflation should have landed at 5.70% in October, analysts predicted, down from 5.81% in September but still well above the central bank's 3% target.
They forecast that inflation would end 2024 at 5.51%, down from the 5.60% estimated a month earlier. For 2025, however, they lifted inflation forecasts to 3.81%, from 3.70% previously.
In 2026, inflation is expected to decline to 3.3%.
The central bank's technical team on Thursday cut its inflation forecast for 2024 to 5.3% from a prior estimate of 5.7% in August.
Reporting by Nelson Bocanegra; Writing by Sarah Morland; Editing by Alexander Smith
免责声明: XM Group仅提供在线交易平台的执行服务和访问权限，并允许个人查看和/或使用网站或网站所提供的内容，但无意进行任何更改或扩展，也不会更改或扩展其服务和访问权限。所有访问和使用权限，将受下列条款与条例约束：(i) 条款与条例；(ii) 风险提示；以及(iii) 完整免责声明。请注意，网站所提供的所有讯息，仅限一般资讯用途。此外，XM所有在线交易平台的内容并不构成，也不能被用于任何未经授权的金融市场交易邀约和/或邀请。金融市场交易对于您的投资资本含有重大风险。
所有在线交易平台所发布的资料，仅适用于教育/资讯类用途，不包含也不应被视为用于金融、投资税或交易相关咨询和建议，或是交易价格纪录，或是任何金融商品或非应邀途径的金融相关优惠的交易邀约或邀请。
本网站上由XM和第三方供应商所提供的所有内容，包括意见、新闻、研究、分析、价格、其他资讯和第三方网站链接，皆保持不变，并作为一般市场评论所提供，而非投资性建议。所有在线交易平台所发布的资料，仅适用于教育/资讯类用途，不包含也不应被视为适用于金融、投资税或交易相关咨询和建议，或是交易价格纪录，或是任何金融商品或非应邀途径的金融相关优惠的交易邀约或邀请。请确保您已阅读并完全理解，XM非独立投资研究提示和风险提示相关资讯，更多详情请点击 这里。
