Navigating Mexico: AMLO’s Growing Dependence on Remittances
The word sounds like an old-fashioned phrase on the top of a government receipt from the 1950s or 1960s
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Pemex: What’s There to Celebrate?
The cow has run dry and is no longer producing milk
Read moreUnemployment Down in Mexico, but Informal Economy Up
One of the pressing concerns for Mexico in the coming years is the high level of informal labor and those joining the informal economy
Read moreCarstens Wins King of Spain Award, Mexico’s IDB Candidate Loses to Brazil
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) got a double-whammy blow to his economic policies over the weekend when former Central Bank of Mexico (Banxico) Governor Agustín Carstens (a champion of what AMLO despairingly calls neoliberal economics) was presented the King of Spain Economics Award as “one of the most important and influential economic policy makers in
Read moreNavigating Mexico: In a World of 8 Billion
By JUAN DE JESÚS BREENE Supposedly, sometime in July 2022, a baby was born and became the eighth billion member of the living human family. The planet’s population has doubled in 48 years. Quite an accomplishment. So the question might be, what is Mexico’s place in a global community of 8 billion people? The answer is tricky because there are
Read moreIt’s Time to Block Taliban Leaders’ Trips Abroad
Six former U.S. ambassadors to Afghanistan speak out
Read moreAn Americas Summit, without AMLO
By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read moreMexican Economy Drops Two Slots in IMF Global Ranking
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Since the global covid-19 pandemic first erupted in March of 2020, Mexico’s economy has dropped two spots, from 15th to 17th place. according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). That is the worst position it has held since 1988, when it occupied the same place in a list of 190 nations. The Mexican economy
Read moreIMF Dramatically Lowers Growth Expectations for Mexico, Again
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its April World Economic Outlook (WEO) report cut its economic growth expectation for Mexico in 2022 to 2.0 percent, 0.8 percentage points lower than it had forecast in January. In the diagnosis of January of this year, the agency had already slashed its estimate for Mexican 2022 growth
Read moreUkraine Success Depends on Economic Cooperation
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE
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