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Exchange rate


At the end of June 1999, the Market Exchange Rate stood at Col $1,732.10 per US dollar. Annual devaluation reached 27.1%, 1.9 percentage points higher than in June 1998. On the other hand, the Real Exchange Rate Index stood at 105.37, indicating a real appreciation of 1.73% in the first semester of 1999.

REAL EXCHANGE RATE INDEX

REAL EXCHANGE RATE INDEX
No Traditional Trade
Goemetrical Average 1994 = 100

PERIOD

AVERAGE

PERIOD

AVERAGE

1987

100.42

1994

100.00

1988

100.85

1995

102.08

1989

101.12

1996

98.90

1990

114.76

1997

93.31

1991

113.00

1998

98.40

1992

106.74

1999*

105.37

1993

107.46

   

* Average January - June.


NOMINAL
EXCHANGE RATE DEVALUATION %

END OF PERIOD

ANNUAL VARIATION

END OF PERIOD

ANNUAL VARIATION

1987

20.41

1994

3.35

1988

27.36

1995

18.81

1989

29.20

1996

1.79

1990

31.07

1997

28.67

1991

12.29

1998

19.21

1992

15.56

1999**

27.08

1993

8.99

   

** Annual variation in June.

Source: Banco de la República - Economic Studies.