Colombia Activates ‘Escape Clause' to Rule That Curbed Debt

Colombia activated an 'escape clause' to suspend borrowing limits and allow the government to run higher fiscal deficits.
During his presentation of the nation's fiscal plan, Finance Minister German Avila told reporters that not to have taken this move would have endangered macroeconomic stability.

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