Mexico & Nafta - July 2019

The July Regional Report: Mexico & Nafta covers political and security issues, as well as an overview on Mexico’s general economic environment at the half-way point of the year.... Read More

A photograph of the drowned bodies of Oscar Alberto Martínez and his nearly-two-year-old daughter Valeria, floating head down in the Rio Bravo, which marks the Mexico-US frontier (also known as the Rio Grande), has once more highlighted the migration crisis in the Americas.... Read More

After six months in office, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has successfully channelled many Mexicans’ hopes for more jobs and economic improvement; he remains remarkably popular.... Read More

In June, Mexico’s short-term economic outlook was like a yo-yo.... Read More

The Consejo Coordinador Empresarial (CCE), one of Mexico’s main private-sector lobby groups, has signalled a more collaborative approach to the López Obrador government with a promise to boost investment levels.... Read More

There is a time lag on any investment decision.... Read More

On 4 June, Norberto Ronquillo, a 22-year old marketing student at Mexico City’s (CDMX) Pedregal university, was kidnapped after leaving class.... Read More

Ratings downgrade: On 6 June, credit ratings agency Fitch downgraded Mexico’s Long-Term Foreign Currency and Local Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) to ‘BBB’ from ‘BBB+’ while another credit ratings agency, Moody’s Investors Service, lowered its outlook on Mexico’s rating from ‘stable’ to ‘negative’.... Read More