U.S.-Mexico trade: are we still connected?

Exports ; Imports ; Maquiladora

Spotlight: maquiladora employment: new data confirm pickup in Juarez factory jobs

For decades, Mexico's maquiladoras have been a major growth engine in the Rio Grande region, and monthly reports on the industry's employment, wages and production were key barometers for the border region's economy. ; We developed a model to estimate Juarez's monthly maquiladora employment. This model will continue to be a timely indicator of El Paso-Juárez area manufacturing activity, given its track record and Mexico's two-month lag in reporting IMMEX (Maquiladora Manufacturing Industry and Export Services), data.Maquiladora ; Mexico ; Employment ; Economic indicators ; Mexican-American Border Region - Economic conditions

Spotlight: remittances to Mexico: cross-border money flows slowed by U.S. slump

Mexicans living in the U.S. are sending less money home. In 2009, remittances to Mexico totaled $21.5 billion, a 15 percent decline from 2008. With the exception of October 2008, remittances have been decreasing since mid-2007.Mexico ; Emigrant remittances ; Economic conditions - United States

Explaining the increase in remittances to Mexico

Remittances ; Maquiladora

Trade conference explores U.S.–Mexico 'common bonds'

The El Paso Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas held a daylong conference, “U.S.–Mexico Manufacturing: Common Bonds,” in November 2010 to assess the future of U.S.–Mexico trade in manufactured goods following the global recession. Speakers reviewed the prospects for bilateral trade and Mexico’s maquiladora plants, which typically take inputs from the U.S. and assemble them into products for export back to the U.S.Manufacturing industries ; Industrial productivity ; Maquiladora ; Employment

Cyclical differences emerge in border city economies

Business cycles ; Maquiladora ; North American Free Trade Agreement

U.S., Mexico deepen economic ties

Immigrants ; Maquiladora ; Trade

Cyclical differences emerge in border city economies

Maquiladora ; North American Free Trade Agreement ; Business cycles

Trade, manufacturing put Mexico back on track in 2004

Maquiladora ; Trade

A new index of coincident economic activity for Houston

Economic indicators ; Economic conditions