LatinNews Regional Monitor: Mexico - 26 March 2020

On 25 March Carlos Salazar Lomelín, the president of the Consejo Coordinador Empresarial (CCE) business lobby, complained that the government led by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has yet to adopt full measures to mitigate the impact that the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic is having on Mexico’s economy.... Read More

* A new report by the Mexican branch of BBVA bank on the impact of coronavirus (Covid-19) on the country’s economy warns that “inaction is more dangerous than over-reaction, both for public health as well as the economy”, and that due to “current uncertainty”, it forecasts a 4.5% contraction in Mexico’s GDP in 2020.... Read More