UPDATE 3-Mexico sees solid economic expansion but price pressures persist reuters.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from reuters.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Mexico's economy, the second biggest in Latin America, could expand by 3.5% or more this year, a senior finance ministry official said on Wednesday, as one central banker flagged a "long battle ahead" to better corral creeping consumer prices. In testimony before lawmakers, Deputy Finance Minister Gabriel Yorio talked up the expected expansion of the country's gross domestic product (GDP), and largely dismissed concerns that the gaining value of the local currency was bad for shipments to foreign markets. Yorio, speaking before the Mexican Senate, said government debt should land at about 47% of GDP this year and then tick up next year to almost 49%.
Mexico said on Thursday that tariffs paid by non-government airport operators to authorities would nearly double as part of an industry reform that could rake in an extra $140 million a year.. -October 20, 2023 at 12:22 am EDT
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Former US firearms investigator illegally trafficked guns to Mexico, government document alleges reuters.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from reuters.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.