Colombia | Weekly update BBVA Tracker: Consumption. 17 February, 2021.
Published on Wednesday, February 17, 2021
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Colombia | Weekly update BBVA Tracker: Consumption. 17 February, 2021.
Summary
Consumption in February continued to recover and stood at -0.9% YoY, almost reaching the levels recorded a year ago. The services sectors continue to drive the recovery, although there is also greater dynamism in goods.
Key points
- Key points:
- Spending in restaurants has a strong boost during the Valentine's Day weekend, recovering about 5pp only on this date.
- Spending on clothing has already fully recovered the drop recorded in January due to mobility restrictions.
- The recovery of the tourism and entertainment sectors is slowly advancing, although the latter from much lower levels.
- Consumption in Bogota during the month of February has recovered more than 17pp compared to January. In the last week, spending on clothing and restaurants stabilized.
Geographies
- Geography Tags
- Latin America
- Colombia
Topics
- Topic Tags
- Consumption
Authors
María Paula Castañeda