Fears about the looming fiscal cliff have caused US businesses and households to defer spending plans, in the process contributing to the recent slowdown in the Mexican economy. But with an abrupt fiscal tightening in the US likely to be averted, the release of pent-up demand should cause Mexican exports to rebound next year. As a result, we still expect GDP to expand at a decent pace in 2013.
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