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Colombia

Last EMBI
200 bp
2026-09-02
TFT +3d
197 bp
origin 2026-09-02 → +3d 2026-09-07 · band 192–203 bp
DAG valuation
Rich
Colombia EMBI looks rich at 200 bp vs fair 226 bp (-26 bp tight).
Forecast News Valuation DAG

TFT forecast

Segment model: High Yield. Point is the +3 business-day median level. Drivers are encoder+decoder variable selection — not news clusters.

Colombia TFT forecast
Forecast Drivers
Temporal attention (encoder −30d → −1d)
TypeAttentionSummary
Technicals47.0%own-spread momentum (widening) · level path / mean-reversion setup
Global Macro40.3%FOMC calendar · global EMBI tighter
Local Macro4.3%local CB calendar · FX depreciation pressure
Sentiment8.4%news volume · global sentiment

Attention = country-latest encoder+decoder variable selection (rolled up). Summary = top TFT features for that group + recent panel moves. Themes/clusters are separate (do not feed the TFT).

News themes

Rolling BERTopic clusters for desk context. They do not feed the TFT.

Country theme dynamics

6,710 articles · 25 clusters · 9 dropped

Top themes by share · green=accel · red=decel · blue=emerging · click a theme for the cluster note

ThemeToneShare (%)Share (z)n (prior → recent)
Colombian president cautions against crude theftAccelerating-4.418.3%+0.951171 → 1228
Earthquake in Cali could impact Colombia's stability and governanceDecelerating-1.615.3%-1.361110 → 1027
Petro government under investigation for alleged corruption cases-4.72.6%+0.53172 → 172
Government presents 2027 budget amid fiscal concerns-3.41.6%+0.41115 → 106
New ambassador appointed to strengthen US-Colombia tiesAccelerating+0.21.4%+0.8873 → 91
Afinia en cuidados intensivosDecelerating-1.41.2%-1.42197 → 81
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Valuation DAG

rich

Colombia EMBI looks rich at 200 bp vs fair 226 bp (-26 bp tight).

  • The REER gap vs trend widened, which put upward pressure on the local policy rate, which typically widens the EMBI spread. That does not appear to have been incorporated into the current spread.
  • The S&P 500 rose, which put upward pressure on the local policy rate, which typically widens the EMBI spread. That does not appear to have been incorporated into the current spread.
  • US high-yield spreads tightened, which put upward pressure on the local exchange rate, which typically widens the EMBI spread. That does not appear to have been incorporated into the current spread.
EMBI vs macro fair value
Current EMBI200 bp
Macro fair value226 bp
Gap (current − fair)-26 bp (-1.0σ)

4 monthly print(s) may not yet have been tradable at the last EMBI date.

Colombia EMBI monthly DAG train 2010-01-31→2025-02-28 (182) · holdout 2025-03-31→2026-09-30 (19) Global macro ToT / activity Fiscal Monetary Trade / FX EMBI / equity -0.77 +0.73 +0.60 +0.60 +0.49 USD broad Fed funds S&P 500 US HY OAS US 10Y copper oil commodity ToT ToT gap debt gap nominal deficit primary balance debt/GDP CPI YoY Fed gap policy rate fx REER REER gap FX reserves EMBI Colombia green + · red − · bold = story chain
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