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Profesor de Economía del Tec de Monterrey (en licencia). "Gobierno es sólo el nombre que damos a lo que decidimos hacer juntos"~B Frank.

Mexico City
Joined July 2010
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REPORTER: You mentioned that, staying on as Fed governor, you intend to keep a low profile. Could you give us a little more detail on what that looks like? JEROME POWELL: *ducks down*
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No se pierdan este evento organizado por @Ivie_news en donde presentaré los resultados del mas reciente Estudio Económico de España de la @OECDeconomy. Registro abajo 👇🏻
📊 ¿Cuáles son los grandes retos de la economía española a partir de 2026? El #Ivie organiza una jornada en la que se presentará el último informe @ocdeenespanol sobre #España 🗓️ 21 de enero 📍 @caixabank #Valencia 🔗 Asistencia presencial y online: ivie.es/es_ES/ptseminario/jo…
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My column on Venezuela in @TheEconomist “Prosperity does not come from oil, decrees or even benevolent rulers. It comes from rights. Rights create private property. Rights create security. Rights create debate. Rights allow people to invest, to innovate, to dream—and to transform reality. Take rights away, and society withers. Restore them, and recovery is possible.” economist.com/by-invitation/…
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To say "let's eliminate due process for the bad guys" is to fundamentally misunderstand what due process is.
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canada pm justin trudeau: “what [trump] wants is to see a total collapse of the canadian economy, because that will make it easier to annex us.” astounding words from america’s (former) closest friend
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El dato de empleo formal de hoy (IMSS) es para preocupar. Las dos últimas veces que tuvimos una tasa anual de creación de empleo formal tan baja fue por choques externos: marzo de 2020 (al inicio de la pandemia) y octubre de 2008 (por la crisis financiera global).
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Today in Silicon Continent I tell the astonishing story of the Italian Superbonus. How was the dumbest economic policy ever put in place and expanded by left, technocratic and right governments and not questioned by Brussels and Frankfurt? siliconcontinent.com/p/how-t…
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Replying to @HannoLustig
But think of the industrial renaissance for Whole Foods cashier employment
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To reduce my bilateral trade deficit with Trader Joe's, I am now going to shop at Whole Foods, which is more expensive and a bit further way. Thanks all for your advice.
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As someone trained as a trade economist, it is my duty to share the 1929-1933 Kindleberger Spiral, showing the month-month decline in global trade due to the combined factors of the (global) Great Depression and retaliatory tariffs. Smooth Hawley is implemented mid-June 1930.
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Por supuesto, es profundamente hipócrita que el gobierno estadounidense utilice la crisis del consumo de opioides y el poder del narcotráfico como principal variable de la relación bilateral y no se atreva a incluir dos factores centrales: el consumo de drogas en Estados Unidos y, sobre todo, el arsenal de armas de guerra que las organizaciones criminales mexicanas obtienen en Estados Unidos con una facilidad aberrante. No es posible entender el poder de las organizaciones criminales mexicanas sin la oferta indignante de armas que están ahí, a solo metros de la frontera, en las armerías de Arizona, por poner solo un ejemplo. Si Donald Trump y el partido republicano de verdad quisieran hacer algo por afectar la capacidad de fuego del crimen en México cerrarían la llave de las armas. Pero eso ni lo mencionan. Y es una hipocresía Criminal.
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Modern supply chains don't look like trade theory 101! They involve constant border crossings, each now hit by tariffs. Tariffs raise prices, but the more important thing they do is disrupt supply relationships. 1/ graphic h/t @scottlincicome .
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Trump no nos impone aranceles por nuestra estrategia de seguridad fallida. Estrategia que, por cierto, tanto PAN, PRI y Morena construyeron y perpetuaron. Trump nos impone aranceles para satisfacer a su base y para mejorar su posición negociadora. Arremete vs. México y vs… 1/2
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Aside from the general issues about Trump‘s tariff and his economic nationalism strategy, today’s actions against Canada and Mexico are inexplicable and dangerous. 1/8
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For all Trump's talk of manufacturing jobs, you didn't see the CEOs of GE and Caterpillar sitting in the prime seats today. You saw the CEOs of Amazon and X and Meta and Google and TikTok. It's the attentional oligarchs whose power he cares about.
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a look at access to birthright citizenship around the world
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En estos momentos, el mercado de apuestas ya solo le da un 4% de posibilidad a la aplicación de aranceles generalizados de 25% a México y Canadá.
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El día de hoy se subastó el #MBono a 20 años (vencimiento en noviembre 2042) a una tasa de rendimiento de 10.56%, 43 pb sobre el resultado de la subasta anterior y la mayor tasa en prácticamente en 20 años; se colocaron $7 mil millones. 👇
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Comparto la imagen de mi columna de esta semana en @Milenio: "¿Para quién se gobierna en México?" milenio.com/opinion/gerardo-… La columna debe leerse acompañada de la gráfica anexa:
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I say bring it on. 25% #tariffs would be a horrible shot in the foot for the #US #economy that relies on hundreds of billions of dollars in #Mexican imports that boost the #competitiveness of its manufacturing sector. Good luck competing with #China if you suspend the USMCA…1/4
Trump on tariffs: "We're thinking in terms of 25 percent on Mexico and Canada ... I think we'll do it February 1."
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