Colombia Q4 Economic Growth Around 8%

Colombia’s economy grew by around 7% last year, and perhaps as much as 8% in the last quarter, according to finance minister Alberto Carrasquilla. Earlier this week, the central bank governor, José Darío Uribe, said that GDP had grown by 7.7% in the final quarter of last year, driven by domestic demand and private investment. The official statistics bureau DANE is due to release the official figures in the next few weeks.