snowyco Posted January 17, 2020 Report Share Posted January 17, 2020 MXN Peso Strengthens by 4% today. $18.66 => Strongest in 18 months! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johanson Posted January 18, 2020 Report Share Posted January 18, 2020 I remember maybe 5 months ago when most or many of the experts where suggesting that it would be above 20 to 1 or even higher at this time of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickS Posted January 18, 2020 Report Share Posted January 18, 2020 Well, the 'new' NAFTA was signed today so maybe someone thinks it will favor Mexico. Or just maybe it is a 'normal' swing of the exchange rates and means nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeside7 Posted January 18, 2020 Report Share Posted January 18, 2020 Just now, RickS said: Well, the 'new' NAFTA was signed today so maybe someone thinks it will favor Mexico. Or just maybe it is a 'normal' swing of the exchange rates and means nothing. "Nothing"....If you were "shortening" the Peso it would mean a big loss 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slainte39 Posted January 18, 2020 Report Share Posted January 18, 2020 1 hour ago, johanson said: I remember maybe 5 months ago when most or many of the experts where suggesting that it would be above 20 to 1 or even higher at this time of the year. And all those "experts" are members posting on this forum………. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowyco Posted January 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2020 There are several drivers that may cause the MXN peso to get even stronger over the coming year. That also means .... with a new NAFTA agreement just approved by the US Senate ... and the Phase 1 of the US-China trade agreement just signed ... it's possible that the US economy should finally do better. As the US economy does better, it buys more from Mexico ... and sends more goods to be manufactured in Mexico ... and the 45% US-content in Mexican exports back to the USA ... then BENEFITS BOTH USA & Mexico ... !!! Because Mexican goods exported to the USA have 45% US made content ... it means Mexico is the USA's best trading partner - because both countries benefit from increased US consumption & US imports from Mexico ... potentially increasing MXN peso strength (as Mexican growth has been stagnant during the USA's Trade Wars). Next ... II the cross-border trade springs back to life-before-Trade-Wars aka busy-ness ... and if US & Mexican commerce increases and economic growth heat back up to pre-Trade War levels ... Those changes would drive up oil consumption, driving NYMEX crude oil prices over $70 a bbl. => a stronger MXN peso. Then ... as both US & Mexican commerce increases and economic growth heats back up to pre-Trade War levels ... It will drive more Mexicans working in the USA ... to fill the new jobs created by a finally growing US economy => $10 of billions of more remittances of Mexican workers in the USA sending cash back home to Mexico => driving the MXN peso even stronger. And ... US consumers, buoyed by fresh confidence by finally returning to economic growth - start buying even more products Made in Mexico - driving yet even more Mexican prosperity, would drive the MXN peso stronger. Finally ... because Mexico imports 45% of her food from the USA (corn products, sugar & $10's of billions as US taxpayer subsidized cheap ag USA products) ... the 45% of ALL food bought by Mexicans comes from the USA could become cheaper - freeing up Mexican consumers' pesos to buy yet other goods => yet more Mexican economic growth => stronger MXN peso. but ... Who knows ??? ... Just how long is a piece of string ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jreboll Posted January 18, 2020 Report Share Posted January 18, 2020 You’re reading too much into this 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickS Posted January 18, 2020 Report Share Posted January 18, 2020 9 hours ago, snowyco said: but ... Who knows ??? IMO, of all that was said, this is most likely the 'take home' words. The rest is, again IMO, just mental masterbation. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomgates Posted January 19, 2020 Report Share Posted January 19, 2020 The Guad Reporter says is will be a problem for auto makers to pay Mexican workers $16/hr(by 2023) and goes on to say the average auto workers pay is $2400p/day. At current exchange rates, that is over $16/hr for an 8 hour day, or almost $13/hr for a 10 hour day. Was there misinformation in that article or is this accurate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jreboll Posted January 19, 2020 Report Share Posted January 19, 2020 Every time we have sudden or unexpected movements in the money exchange rates we have the pundits cone out of the woodwork. E v e r y t I m e. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecoons Posted January 19, 2020 Report Share Posted January 19, 2020 On 1/17/2020 at 8:43 PM, slainte39 said: And all those "experts" are members posting on this forum………. Not all of them, Actinver was predicting as low as 21 a few months back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeside7 Posted January 19, 2020 Report Share Posted January 19, 2020 Just now, tomgates said: The Guad Reporter says is will be a problem for auto makers to pay Mexican workers $16/hr(by 2023) and goes on to say the average auto workers pay is $2400p/day. At current exchange rates, that is over $16/hr for an 8 hour day, or almost $13/hr for a 10 hour day. Was there misinformation in that article or is this accurate? My read on the new NAFTA deal was in order to placate the US Labor Unions a certain % of the MX labor had to be paid $16/hr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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