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Mexico in Debt

By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Eilene Zimmerman
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Abstract

Describes Mexico's political and economic system in the 1960s and 1970s. Focuses on: 1) the causes of the debt crisis in 1982; 2) elements of President de la Madrid's restructuring efforts between 1982-88; President Salinas's attempts to complete restructuring and bring the macroeconomy into a period of high growth with low inflation; NAFTA; and the events leading up to Mexico's 1995 currency crisis.

Keywords

Restructuring; Economic Systems; Financial Crisis; Inflation And Deflation; Macroeconomics; Borrowing And Debt; Government And Politics; Mexico

Citation

Vietor, Richard H.K., and Eilene Zimmerman. "Mexico in Debt." Harvard Business School Case 797-110, April 1997. (Revised February 2001.)

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Richard H.K. Vietor

Business, Government and the International Economy
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