Colombia - Government Budget Balance

Colombia: Government Budget Balance

Mnemonic	GVBAL.ICOL
Unit	Bil. COP, NSA
Adjustments	Not Seasonally Adjusted
	Quarterly	10.82 %
Data	2020 Q4	-23,835
	2020 Q3	-26,727

Series Information

Source	Bank of the Republic of Colombia
Release	Public Finance: Non-Financial Public Sector (NFPS)
Frequency	Quarterly
Start Date	3/31/1995
End Date	12/31/2020

Colombia: Government

	Reference	Last	Previous	Units	Frequency
Gross External Debt	Jun 2021	157,491	157,523	Mil. USD, NSA	Monthly
Outstanding Public Debt - Foreign	Jun 2021	91,977	91,978	Mil. USD, NSA	Monthly
Government Budget Balance	2020 Q4	-23,835	-26,727	Bil. COP, NSA	Quarterly
Government Expenditures	2020 Q4	97,647	90,484	Bil. COP, NSA	Quarterly
Government Revenues	2020 Q4	73,812	63,757	Bil. COP, NSA	Quarterly

Release Information

Description

The Bank of the Republic of Colombia reports annual and quarterly non-financial public sector finance data. Our excerpt includes revenues, expenses, interest expenses, and surplus/deficit.

Properties

Measurement: Billions of Colombian pesos (Bil. COL)
Adjustment: Not seasonally adjusted (NSA)
Native frequencies:
- Quarterly
- Annual
Start dates:
- Quarterly: 1995Q1
- Annual: 1985

Reports and calculations are in accordance with the International Monetary Fund standards. Non-financial public sectors includes central government, social security funds, regional and local governments, and non-financial public enterprises.

Moody's Analytics supplements

We compute seasonally adjusted counterparts to the headline items (balance, receipts, expenditures) and interest charges.

Revisions

Final data on non-financial public sector operations is available to the public two quarters after the end of the fiscal year and are published in the "Documentos CONFIS" of the Ministerio de Hacienda y Credito Publico.