Inversiones Obligatorias

Quarterly data reported by Finagro on mandatory investments in TDA Classes A and B, as required by Resolution 3 of 2000 from the Central Bank of Colombia's board. The dataset contains total required investment amounts for different types of credit establishments, with values reported in thousands of Colombian pesos. The data is published by the Colombian government's open data portal, datos.gov.co, with a last update timestamp of 2026-05-18.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in mandatory investment totals over time using the `fecha` (date) and `total_general` columns.
• Compare investment allocations across different types of credit institutions using `est_bancarios`, `corp_financieras`, `cias_financiamiento`, and `coop_financieras` columns.
• Model the relationship between total mandatory investments and other financial values using the `total_general` and `valores` columns.
• Verify quarterly reporting compliance by institution type using the `fecha` column alongside the institution-specific total columns.

Strengths

• Data is reported quarterly, providing regular temporal snapshots.
• Covers four distinct types of credit institutions, allowing for sectoral comparison.
• Includes a `total_general` column for aggregate analysis across all institution types.
• Published in multiple machine-readable formats (CSV, JSON, XML, RDF).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• The `Descripcion` column's specific content and utility are unclear from the metadata.

Provenance

Source

Finagro, reported to and published by the Colombian Superintendencia Financiera.

Collection Method

Reported by credit institutions in compliance with regulatory resolution.

Time Range

Quarterly coverage; specific start date is not provided in the input.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 17:50:49; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colombia