Mexican Economy

Allan on February 16th, 2024

Mexico is our next-door neighbor but it seems many Americans are not well-informed about it. Wrong and outdated impressions of Mexico affect our policymakers as well. This is particularly true regarding border and immigration policy. For the entire blog entry, click here. Blog entry by Allan Wall, published February 15th, 2024, on Border Hawk Blog.

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Allan on December 14th, 2018

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrdor, known by the acronym AMLO, formed by his initials, became President of Mexico on December 1st.  I wish AMLO well. AMLO is very ambitious, and believes that his new administration is ushering in the “Fourth Transformation” of Mexican history. So far, President Lopez Obrador  has a good relationship with Trump.  As […]

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Allan on November 22nd, 2016

Donald J. Trump won the U.S. presidential election on November 8th. How will a Trump presidency affect Mexico? For the entire article, click here. Article by Allan Wall, published November 14th, 2016, on Mexidata.info.

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Allan on January 13th, 2016

The remittances sent by Mexicans in the U.S. back to Mexico are on the increase.   What does this indicate, and what does it portend? For the entire blog entry, click here. Blog entry by Allan Wall, published on VDARE.COM,  January 11th, 2016.

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Allan on September 8th, 2015

The value of remittances to Mexico (that is, money sent to Mexico from Mexicans living in the United States) have  surpassed the value of Mexican oil revenue. For the entire blog entry, click here. Blog entry by Allan Wall, published on VDARE.COM,  September 7th, 2015.

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Allan on August 24th, 2015

The Mexican economy has stalled, and the value of the peso has dropped to  17 pesos per U.S. dollar. For the entire article, click here. Article by Allan Wall, published August 24th, 2015, on Mexidata.info.

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Allan on November 18th, 2013

The future of  Mexico’s state-owned petroleum monopoly PEMEX (Petróleos Mexicanos)  is under consideration in Mexico.  It might be valuable to compare and contrast PEMEX with other state oil companies worldwide. Most oil worldwide is controlled by state-owned oil companies.  Most of them allow forms of private investment and partnership with private companies.  With PEMEX, on the […]

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Allan on September 2nd, 2013

Once again, the future of PEMEX, Mexico’s petroleum monopoly, is being debated.  It’s an important issue economically, but it’s more than that.  PEMEX in Mexican society is related to perceptions of national sovereignty and Mexican identity.   It’s a complicated issue. For the entire article, click here. Article by Allan Wall, published on Mexidata.info, September 2nd, […]

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Allan on June 4th, 2011

Mexico is poorer than the U.S. But by world standards, it’s not a poor country. Whether you follow the statistics of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank or the CIA, Mexico’s Gross Domestic Product (calculated with Purchasing Power Parity) is around one and a half trillion dollars. Mexico thus has the world’s eleventh largest […]

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