The Colombian Banking Crisis: Macroeconomic Consequences and What to Expect

Número: 
157
Publicado: 
Clasificación JEL: 
E31
Palabras clave: 
banking crisis, Macroeconomic

While in the early nineties Colombia grew at rates exceeding 4% and was catalogued as one of the top emerging markets, in 1999 its economy fell 4%, its exchange rate regime (a target zone) collapsed and by June of 2000 its unemployment level peaked at 20.