Mexico’s president conceded on Sunday that economic growth has fallen short of his expectations, but said that wealth is now more fairly distributed as he celebrated a year in office riding high in opinion polls, in defiance of mounting problems. A year ago, veteran leftist Andrés Manuel López Obrador assumed the presidency pledging to raise economic growth to 4 percent per year. Instead, the economy has stagnated and slipped into a mild recession during the first half of the year. Reuters reports. Mexican official cautious about chance of ratifying continental trade deal this year A senior Mexican official on Friday expressed caution about the chances of ratifying a continental trade deal this year, saying more work might be […]
Mexican president voices regret on growth, but says economy fairer
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