FINANCIAL DEBT OF THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR IN COLOMBIA BETWEEN 2012-2015

Abstract

In order to analyze the indebtedness margins of the national construction sector to identify opportunities for improvement, a refined database of 10,708 companies arranged chronologically between 2012-2015 was consolidated and by mathematical transformation the indicators of leverage, concentration of the liabilities in the short term, indebtedness with the financial sector and the indebtedness ratio. Finally, high annual indebtedness margins were deducted in the construction sector in less than a year with its suppliers, which reduces the investment possibilities in macro projects of greater economic importance for companies and, therefore, slows growth of the sector.