By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Despite repeated promises from President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) of a 6-percent economic growth in 2021, Mexico registered a 0.2 percent contraction last quarter, marking three straight trimesters in a row of decline in the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP), according to statistics provided Wednesday, Jan. 19, by the National Institute of Statistics
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Graciela Márquez Colín, Mexico’s former secretary of economy, will replace Julio Santaella as the head of the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) as of Jan. 1, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced Wednesday, Dec. 15. Márquez Colín will replace Julio Santaella. “Being the first woman in the head of the Inegi
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By RICARDO CASTILLO AMLO Reshuffles his Queens The reshuffling of women in the Mexican presidential cabinet that was announced on Monday, Dec. 7, may not be to the liking of many, but the dice have already rolled and the shots stand. The problem with the five reappointed women in the cabinet of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) is not
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XINHUA Mexico’s exports grew by 9.81 percent in July compared to June, mainly driven by vehicle exports to the United States, the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) said on Thursday, Aug. 27. The total value of exports amounted to $34.847 billion in July, representing the second consecutive month of growth after dropping in April and May due to
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By RICARDO CASTILLO AMLO and Calderón Exchange Barbs A tit-for-tat rift between former Mexican President Felipe Calderón and the current one, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), has been going on throughout the last week. Accusations galore are flying. AMLO started the verbal spat by saying that during the 2006-2012 Calderón mandate, persons now being accused in the United States of
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Let the fireworks light up the cloudy Mexican economics sky. The great news deserves the glow in the heavens. The economy grew in the second quarter of 2019 by 0.1 percent and, according to the National Institute of Geography and Statistics (Inegi), which carries out the official econometrics gaging, “there is no recession.” The news was made
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