Financial markets and capital flows By the time recession ended in the United States and Mexico, financial markets had attained more normal conditions. Indeed, global uncertainty and fears expressed in the flight to quality which had disturbed the Mexican stock, currency and bond markets during the crisis, eased substantially by the middle of 2009.
Since then, asset prices have rebounded, if not at a steady pace. In particular, the Mexican stock market has surpassed its pre-crisis highs, although this year it has experienced downward adjustments.