Economy

BMI View: Official unemployment fell to 5.38% in February 2011, down from 5.43% in January, and a moderate improvement from the 5.43% hit in February 2010. We expect domestic employment... 2011-04-04

At the end of March Mexico's Foreign Exchange Committee reaffirmed its would not increase its US$600mn monthly auction, despite the peso's strong performance since the start of 2011.... 2011-04-04

BMI View: While we no longer believe Mexico's central bank will cut rates in 2011, a hike from the current 4.50% level remains highly unlikely. Fears over currency appreciation and... 2011-03-31

BMI View: Record levels of short-term investments into Mexico are raising the risk of another balance of payments crisis, although our core scenario is for the necessary readjustment... 2011-03-01

By our calculations Mexico's nominal fiscal deficit hit 2.9% of GDP in 2010, substantially wider than the 2.4% both ourselves and the government had been estimating. We await full-year... 2011-02-04

BMI View: Official unemployment finished 2010 at 4.94%, according to data from Mexico's statistics agency, the highest end-year rate in 15 years. This will be concerning for the authorities,... 2011-02-04

BMI View: Official unemployment finished 2010 at 4.94%, according to data from Mexico's statistics agency, the highest end-year rate in 15 years. This will be concerning for the authorities,... 2011-02-04

Rising inflation will be a concern for economies across Latin America and the Caribbean in 2011. For some countries the main issue will be one of policy, and the maintenance of authorities'... 2011-02-01

BMI View: Consumer price inflation (CPI) continued rising in November 2010, up to 4.32% y-o-y from 4.02% the previous month. This increase is in line with our long-held view that inflation... 2011-01-06

BMI View: Consumer price inflation (CPI) continued rising in November 2010, up to 4.32% y-o-y from 4.02% the previous month. This increase is in line with our long-held view that inflation... 2011-01-06