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The Colombian economy reported a growth of 5.5% in April 2024 compared to the same month of 2023.
This was reported by the National Administrative Department of Statistics (Dane) in its Economic Monitoring Indicator (ISE), according to which this positive behavior was led by primary activities (agriculture and mining and quarrying), with a rebound of 10.2%.
The second activities that grew the most were those of services (electricity supply, water distribution, waste management and environmental sanitation activities), with an advance of 5.2%.
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For its part, Construction and manufacturing industry reported growth of 2.8%.
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These results were above some expectations of market analysts, such as those of the Corficolombiana economic research team, who estimated a rebound of just 2% for the fourth month of the year.
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