| BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : DECEMBER 20, 1999 ISSUE | ||||||||
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| INTERNATIONAL -- LATIN AMERICAN COVER STORY
What Could Still Shake Mexico's Financial Stability EXTERNAL SHOCK A stock-market correction or a slowdown in the U.S. economy could drag down Mexico's markets and economy, as could a financial crisis such as those in Asia, Brazil, or Russia in 1998-99. ELECTION-YEAR MAYHEM Political assassinations or violence in the run-up to the July, 2000, vote could spark capital flight. INVESTOR JITTERS A shock, coupled with a widespread belief that end-of-term devaluations are inevitable, could cause Mexican businesspeople to send capital abroad--making a crisis a kind of self-fulfilling prophecy. DATA: BUSINESS WEEK _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
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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 | |||
