Modulating Expectations

MEXICO - Report 15 Jan 2014 by Mauricio González and Ernesto Cervera

Executive Summary Last week President Enrique Peña Nieto signed into law the constitutional reforms affecting the financial sector. The government expects these changes to encourage competition in the financial services industry and to increase the amount of credit issued by development banks as well as the volume of credit available from private banks and generally help strengthen the entire financial system.According to Banco de México (Banxico), financial penetration in Mexico currently languishes near 26% of GDP, but it estimates that the financial reform will allow the economy to perma...

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