Oil Shortfall Hits Public Finance
MEXICO
- Report
16 Jul 2014
by Mauricio González and Ernesto Cervera
Executive Summary As we have noted in previous issues of Weekly Trends: Mexico Economy, the evolution of public finance in 2014 will be a determining factor in the government’s economic strategy not only this year but for the remainder of the administration. Of particular significance was the fact that public revenues from petroleum income slipped by a real 0.5% between January and May compared to the same period of 2013, at the same time as revenues at Pemex fell 4.2% and those of the federal government rose 1.5%. The government managed to expand such income at a time of falling production...
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