| BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : DECEMBER 20, 1999 ISSUE | ||||||||
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| INTERNATIONAL -- LATIN AMERICAN COVER STORY
Mexico: Then and Now 1994 2000* EXCHANGE-RATE Fixed Floating REGIME CURRENT-ACCOUNT 7% 3.1% DEFICIT** FOREIGN DIRECT 37% 71% INVESTMENT*** INTERNAL SAVINGS** 14.7% 20.7% PUBLIC EXTERNAL DEBT $33.3 $2.4 AMORTIZATIONS billion billion INTERNATIONAL $6.1 $30.4 RESERVES billion billion**** *Projections **As % of GDP ***As % of current account ****As of Dec. 5. DATA: SECRETARIAT OF FINANCE AND PUBLIC CREDIT _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
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 RELATED ITEMS Mexico: Breaking the Curse (int'l edition) LATIN AMERICAN COVER IMAGE: Mexico: Breaking the Curse TABLE: Mexico: Then and Now TABLE: What Could Still Shake Mexico's Financial Stability A Microscope Maker Takes a Global View (int'l edition) ``Why Did They Have to Mess It All Up?'' (int'l edition) ONLINE ORIGINAL: Gurria: Toward Democratic Normality ONLINE ORIGINAL: Mexico's Central Banker: ``It Doesn't Matter Who Wins'' INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online | |||
