End of preview - This article contains approximately 293 words.
Subscribers: Log in now to read the full article
Not a Subscriber?
Choose from one of the following options
Back
Weekly Report - 23 February 2012 (WR-12-08)
MEXICO: Respectable
In 2011 GDP grew by 3.9%, year-on-year, according to the official statistics institute (Inegi). The official figures point to problems in agriculture and oil production as the primary sector contracted by 0.6% year-on-year. Although the 2011 result shows that the economy slowed down from the 5.5% year-on-year GDP growth recorded in 2010, the result was better than many in the government had feared. There are signs that the US economy is beginning to pick up steam (and create jobs). This will benefit Mexico in 2012 because its industry is closely integrated into the US supply chain.
- Chávez relapse plunges Venezuela into uncertainty
- ECUADOR: First the media, now the indigenous
- TRACKING TRENDS
- CHILE: Piñera learns from past mistakes
- BRAZIL: Serra wades in at the last minute
- ARGENTINA: Boudou’s friends - with benefits?
- PARAGUAY: Far from tranquil after Favero's faux pas
- TRACKING TRENDS
- MEXICO : The horror at Apodaca obscures improvement
- MEXICO: Respectable
- TRACKING TRENDS
- CUBA: Cartagena sun could offset frosty ties with Spain
- GUATEMALA: Pérez Molina blurs more boundaries
- TRACKING TRENDS
- Colombia reaps dividends of improved security
- Quotes of the week