North America

Post Conventions Spirit

Photo: Richard Lee on Unsplash          All signs indicate that the 2020 US presidential election will be contentious, and the result most likely be bitterly contested, regardless of who wins. The degree of polarization experienced nine weeks before the election, continues to be exacerbated by tweets, public statements, and actions taking place in different parts …

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Mexico’s Economy Q2, 2020

The fall of the economy during the second quarter of the year was 18.7% a figure never seen before (in 1932 there were no quarterly measurements, but the yearly negative growth was 14%). There was no containment plan, so the blow went straight to businesses and homes. The former endured what they could, but they …

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Economy down, Market up, Does it make sense?

Photo by Zdeněk Macháček on Unsplash        While the economy registered a significant drop in this quarter, the market indexes skyrocketed. The fastest 30% drawdown in the history of global equities in the first quarter, followed by the most substantial 50-day advance in market history in the second quarter.  It proves that markets are driven …

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Canada’s Balance of Payments basic statistics:

Photo by Burst on Pexels Most of Canada’s international trade is with the United States (76.4%) composed of motor vehicles and parts, industrial machinery, aircraft, telecommunications equipment; chemicals, plastics, fertilizers; wood pulp, timber, crude petroleum, natural gas, electricity, and aluminum, as it’s highest-valued exported products. On the Import side, Canada gets from the United States …

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North America

      Beginning today, SEPGRA places an attention emphasis on the countries that compose North America: Canada, the United States, and México and its complex relation. These countries share more than a region of the planet; many sectors of their economies have integrated, and their inter-trade …

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US/CAD clash over Aluminum

Photo by Dylan Nolte on Unsplash Canada will impose retaliatory tariffs in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s move to reimpose 10% tariffs on some Canadian aluminum products, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said in a statement. “In response to the American tariffs, Canada intends to swiftly impose dollar-for-dollar countermeasures,” Freeland said, calling the tariffs …

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