Weekly Report - 05 October 2017 (WR-17-39)

MEXICO | Growth target unaffected by reconstruction costs. The material cost of the earthquakes that struck Mexico this month will have “no impact, or very minimal impact” on GDP growth in 2017 or 2018, but it will require budgetary tweaks, the finance minister, José Antonio Meade, announced on 29 September. Official projections are for GDP growth of between 2% and 2.6% this year, and between 2.3% and 3% in 2018.

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