Hints and tips:
...Some 111,049 people are missing in Mexico, mostly since 2006 when former president Felipe Calderón sent the military to take on drug cartels. Homicides began to jump soon after that....
...There, all eyes are on the imminent announcement of who will replace Agustín Carstens as central bank governor from December 1....
...A weakened foreign ministry under former President Felipe Calderón, and horrific drugs-related violence back home that repeatedly made international news, has undermined Mexico’s position abroad....
...But the slowdown on itself shouldn’t be of any concern in itself — 3.3 per cent growth is high by the standards of the Calderon administration....
...The current centre-right administration of President Felipe Calderón introduced a labour reform for congressional approval but it has been caught up in inter-party rivalries....
...The economic and political benefits “would be huge”, says Agustin Carstens, head of Mexico’s central bank....
...The Mexican government on Sunday threw its weight behind Agustín Carstens, the country’s central bank governor, as the “ideal candidate” to head the International Monetary Fund....
...The reference was a quote by his predecessor, now the governor of the central bank, Agustín Carstens....
...Has Felipe Calderón’s made much progress on structural reform? Ask most people, and the answer would be a resounding “No”....
...Calderón has powers of persuasion in international affairs. Carstens might not be a hot tip, but with Calderón to back him, he could be an each-way bet....
...The first destape was that of Agustín Carstens, the governor of the Mexican central bank....
...of Felipe Calderón, president....
...Agustín Carstens, finance minister, will replace Guillermo Ortiz as governor of Mexico’s central bank....
...Mexican Finance Minister Agustin Carstens — the man who netted Mexico a profit of more than $5bn by shrewdly hedging 2009 oil output at $70 per barrel — has been nominated by Mexico’s president Felipe Calderón...
...In private, bankers and business leaders say that what concerns them is not Mr Ortiz’s eventual replacement – most experts believe that Agustín Carstens, the finance minister, would be the obvious candidate...
...The downgrade comes less than a week after Mr Calderón shuffled his economic team, moving the much-respected Agustín Carstens from the position of finance minister to head the central bank....
...Confidence was bolstered last year when Mr Calderón appointed the respected finance minister, Agustín Carstens, to succeed Guillermo Ortiz as governor of the Bank of Mexico....
...The only thing that people did know about him was that he was a close and trusted friend of President Felipe Calderón....
...Mr Suárez Coppel, a former senior member of the finance ministry team, is regarded as a close ally of Agustín Carstens, the current minister....
...Separately, Mexican President Felipe Calderon replaced Jesus Reyes Heroles, director-general of Pemex, as part of a mid-term cabinet reshuffle....
...In an interview with a local radio station, Agustín Carstens, the finance secretary, said: “We are facing very strong downward pressure on economic activity …We are expecting that our economy will not really...
...Last week Agustín Carstens, the finance secretary, reiterated his intention to address the issue....
...Agustín Carstens, Mexico’s finance minister, on Thursday praised legislators for passing a 2009 budget that will increase government spending 13.1 per cent in real terms, and called the move ”a key piece...
...Mr Calderón, who on Friday travelled to Washington to attend the G20 summit together with Agustín Carstens, Mexico’s finance minister and a former deputy managing director of the IMF, said that world leaders...
...On Tuesday, Agustín Carstens, the finance minister, underscored the link between security and growth, pointing out that crime costs Mexico about one percentage point of economic growth a year, and cost companies...
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