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Mexico / Economy
Recent rulings by Mexico's federal electoral authorities, including the Federal Election Institute (IFE) and Federal Election Tribunal (TRIFE), indicate that both bodies intend to exercise their powers more broadly during the 2012 election cycle than in previous years.
2012-01-05Mexico / Economy
BMI View: Structural problems with Mexican state-level financing will keep investors wary of sovereign local debt over the next few months. While ample financing options at the federal...
2011-12-22Mexico / Economy
We forecast Mexico's current account deficit to widen slightly to US$7.6bn in 2012, from US$7.3bn in 2011, as the goods trade deficit and a widening services trade deficit are unlikely...
2011-12-13Country Risk Rating
Mexico
Recent rulings by Mexico's federal electoral authorities, including the Federal Election Institute (IFE) and Federal Election Tribunal (TRIFE), indicate that both bodies intend to...
2012-01-05Mexico
Manlio Fabio Beltrones has officially withdrawn his candidacy to represent the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) as their presidential nominee in the 2012 election, throwing...
2011-11-24Mexico
Presidential hopeful Enquire Peña Nieto has pledged to make easing the state's monopoly on oil a "signature issue" in Mexico's July 2012 election, laying out plans to bring in investment...
2011-11-24Mexico
Cartel-related violence continues to escalate, negatively impacting on Mexico's risk and security profile. In the most recent instance, a couple was found hanged in northern Tamaulipas...
2011-09-29Mexico
BMI View: Structural problems with Mexican state-level financing will keep investors wary of sovereign local debt over the next few months. While ample financing options at the federal...
2011-12-22Mexico
We forecast Mexico's current account deficit to widen slightly to US$7.6bn in 2012, from US$7.3bn in 2011, as the goods trade deficit and a widening services trade deficit are unlikely...
2011-12-13Mexico
As of November 23rd, the Mexican peso was trading at MXN13.95/US$, testing its short-term low of MXN14.10/US$ on the back of increased risk aversion in light of the US government's...
2011-11-24Mexico
BMI View: Mexico's remittances registered significant growth of 21.3% y-o-y in September, marking their largest increase of 2011. In the first 10 months of the year we have seen remittance...
2011-11-24Mexico
BMI View: As Mexico's July 2012 presidential election approaches, oil liberalisation and drug cartel violence have emerged as the two key issues of contention between the main political...
2011-12-01Mexico
BMI View: A dramatic victory for the opposition Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) in the July 3 state elections is a strong signal of voter preferences for next year's general...
2011-07-05Mexico
BMI View: The likelihood of an electoral alliance to defeat the opposition Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) in July's Estado de México gubernatorial ballot is now looking...
2011-04-04Mexico
We have long argued that the most likely outcome of Mexico's drug war is an unofficial truce between the government and the cartels, and recent comments by a former state governor reinforce...
2011-02-25
