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Remittances to Mexico Jump by Most in 10 Years After Trump Win

4-1-2017 < Red Ice Creations 98 145 words
 
Remittances to Mexico Jump by Most in 10 Years After Trump Win Remittances to Mexico posted their biggest jump in over ten years in November in a possible reaction to the U.S. election victory of Donald Trump, who threatened to block the transfers and eroded confidence in the peso currency during the campaign. Mexicans abroad sent home nearly $2.4 billion in transfers in November, 24.7 percent higher than a year earlier, marking their fastest pace of expansion since March 2006, according to Mexican central bank data on Monday. President-elect Trump ran a campaign steeped in anti-Mexican rhetoric and threatened to halt transfers from Mexican nationals unless Mexico agreed to pay for the massive wall he has vowed to build on the U.S. southern border to keep out illegal immigrants. Trump's surprise Nov. 8 election triumph also sent the Mexican currency to…
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