Artificial Intelligence and the Economy: Implications for Central Banks
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The Geopolitics of De-Dollarization
In December, we published a global perspective at the end of 2023 and what could be expected this year in a special report titled “On the Eve of 2024.” In it, among many other things, we mentioned that some Central Banks and Sovereign funds had …
North America, A Lawless Territory
Antonio Navalón Simultaneously, although with different scenarios and contexts, Mexico and the United States coincided in one of their most decisive presidential elections, if not the most. In the case of the United States, the actual impact and relevance of the fact that the controversial …
It Caught Up with Us
Luis Rubio The end of one more electoral cycle will not be like all others in the past. With this election, the country is fast approaching a moment of unraveling, not due to the result itself but instead because the process, the antecedents, and the …
Winning Does Not Mean They Were Right
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce Claudia Sheinbaum won the election and will be the Constitutional President of the Republic. Unfortunately, many of us think that she won unfairly and by circumventing the law. However, this does not take away the fact that she won with 35 million …
The New Truth
Luis Rubio Years ago, during my student days, I attended a performance of an experimental theatrical work that, I think, was called Chaos in the Scenario. It was a parody of an orchestra conductor who could not decide which work to interpret. Each of the orchestra’s instruments …
Luis Maizel’s Monthly Letter: Habemus President
This month, I will start with the analysis of Mexico since the dramatic, still not so surprising, outcome of the elections creates a situation never seen before, where a populist government, without counterweights, can implement policies and change laws according to its government plan and …
The Cage
Federico Reyes Heroles The deception is collective. Freedom of expression, secrecy, parties, independence of the organizers, institutional relay, respect for differences, and rules by the authorities—all of this under the watchful eye of an honest citizenry—should be sufficient guarantees. But everything—managed with malice—can become a …
The World in Mexico
Antonio Navalón One of the significant advantages that the 4T will have had, but above all, the unique and particular vision of President López Obrador is that from beginning to end, he sustained and put into practice his mentality that the best foreign policy is …
DEA National Drug Threat Assessment
Executive Summary Fentanyl is the deadliest drug threat the United States has ever faced, killing nearly 38,000 Americans in the first six months of 2023 alone. Fentanyl and other synthetic drugs, like methamphetamine, are responsible for nearly all of the fatal drug overdoses and poisonings in …