Mexico | Remittances end growth spurt with a fall of 2.4% to US$2.2 billion in March 2016
Published on Monday, May 2, 2016 | Updated on Monday, May 2, 2016
Mexico | Remittances end growth spurt with a fall of 2.4% to US$2.2 billion in March 2016
Summary
In the first quarter of 2016 remittances amounted to US$6.2 billion, 8.6% more than in the same quarter of 2015. Mexico City (+24.7%), Guerrero (+17.0%), Sonora (+16.9%) and Chihuahua (+15.7%) were the states with the biggest percentage increases in receipts of remittances during the first quarter of 2016
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Authors
Juan José Li Ng
BBVA Research - Senior Economist
Alfredo Salgado