FX.co ★ Colombia Industrial Confidence Eases in August

Colombia’s industrial confidence index edged down by 0.3 percentage point to 5.8% in August 2026 compared with the previous month. The monthly decline was mainly explained by a 6.7-percentage-point rise in inventory levels, bringing them to 0%. This effect was partly offset by a 3.6-percentage-point increase in the current volume of orders, to -22.6%, and a 2.4-percentage-point improvement in production expectations for the next quarter, to 40.1%. On a year-on-year basis, the Industrial Confidence Index was up 0.5 percentage point relative to August 2025.