On Thursday, the Colombian peso fell sharply following President Gustavo Petro’s proposal of a significant change to legislators. He suggested repealing a law that limits public spending. Consequently, the peso dropped by 1.4% to COP 4,081.60 per dollar. This decline marked it as the weakest among emerging market currencies for two days. Petro’s request came […]
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