I would like to thank J.P. Morgan for the invitation to participate in this annual conference devoted to opportunities for attaining higher economic growth in Mexico. In my talk, I would like to focus on the challenges and prospects for the Mexican economy in the current difficult international environment.
To this end, I will touch first on Mexico’s economic developments and outlook; then, I will briefly analyze the impact of widespread uncertainty on the country’s financial markets; and finally, I will make some comments on inflation and monetary policy.