LatinNews Regional Monitor: Mexico - 02 August 2018

Development: On 1 August Gustavo de Hoyos, the president of the Confederación Patronal de la República Mexicana (Coparmex) employers’ association, called on President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador to reconsider his appointments for the future heads of the state-owned electricity firm, Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE), and the state-run oil company, Pemex.... Read More

*Mexico’s central bank (Banxico) has released the result of its latest poll of local economists, which found that the consensus view is that there will be lower economic growth and higher inflation this year than previously thought, as result of the continued uncertainty surrounding the future of the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta).... Read More

Now that Andrés Manuel López Obrador has been confirmed as Mexico’s president-elect, this edition of the Regional Report: Mexico & Nafta analyses the immediate fallout of the electoral result.... Read More

The unchanging terrain of Mexican politics has suffered its most significant fracture in nearly two decades.... Read More

Despite his reassurances, markets remain nervous about the shape of Mexico’s fiscal policy from 2019 under President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador.... Read More

With the decisive victory of Andrés Manuel López Obrador in Mexico’s 1 July presidential election, one of the big issues concerning many was how he would manage relations with the US.... Read More

Energy sector investment: On 29 July Mexico’s President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced that his incoming administration, due to take office on 1 December, will allocate an additional M$175bn (US$9.38bn) to shore up the national energy sector.... Read More

Mexico’s president-elect, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has outlined several proposals to address the country’s desperately poor record on security and violence, but there has been a mixed reaction to his ideas.... Read More