Mexico: Staff Report for the 2013 Article IV Consultation
IMF Staff Country Reports, November 26, 2013
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- Published: November 26, 2013
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781475541380.002
Macroeconomic overview and growth outlook
- Over the past year, Mexico has maintained macroeconomic policy continuity while pursuing an ambitious agenda of growth-enhancing reforms.
- In 2013, the economy has begun to operate well below capacity.
- Real GDP growth expected to slow to 1.2 percent (down from 3.6 percent in 2012).
Structural reforms and policy actions
- Reforms approved to upgrade education.
- Reforms approved to make labor markets more flexible.
- Reforms approved to foster competition in telecommunications.
Financial sector resilience
- The banking system accounts for about 60 percent of financial system assets.
- The banking system has remained resilient.
Key statistics and publication facts
- Real GDP growth: 1.2 percent (2013, expected).
- Real GDP growth: 3.6 percent (2012).
- Banking system share of financial system assets: about 60 percent.
- Pages: 71.
- Volume: 2013.
- Issue: 334.
- Series: Country Report No. 2013/334.
- ISBN: 9781475541380.
- ISSN: 1934-7685.
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781475541380.002.
- Publication date: November 26, 2013.
Mexico: Staff Report for the 2013 Article IV Consultation (IMF Staff Country Report No. 2013/334, November 26, 2013).
Content in this bundle
- Mexic: 2013 Article IV Consultation--Staff Report; IMF Country Report 13/334; November 8, 2013