Interest rates in Colombia were left unchanged at 4.50% on Friday night and above target inflation and a large current account deficit limit the room for monetary easing to counter slowing economic growth. There may be a window for some small rate cuts later on in the year, but the bigger picture is that monetary conditions will have to remain tighter than policymakers would like both this year and next.
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