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Sonora and border states follow Mexico with meager job growth
According to data released by the Mexican Ministry of Labor, Sonora’s job growth languished for the second straight year, registering an annual increase of 1.5 percent. In contrast, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported last year that Arizona’s seasonally...
AT Engine aerospace facility in Hermosillo to employ 500
A General Electric LEAP-X turbine Image by KGG1951, CC BY-SA 3.0 A strategic alliance between German and Mexican companies is constructing an aerospace manufacturing plant in Hermosillo that will employ 500 workers when it opens this October. AT Engine is...
Mexican economy slipped into recession in 2019
The Associated Press (AP) reported today that Mexico’s statistical institute, the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) announced that Mexico had an economic recession in 2019. It was the first economic contraction in Mexico since the recession of...