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Mexican remittances hit by slow US construction

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Posted on: October 29th, 2007
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“At first glance Mrs Guerrero’s changing fortunes – her income is roughly $300 (€209, £146) a month now compared with more than $1,000 about two years ago – would seem to have little to do with the ups and downs of the US housing market: she lives in a small community near Juventino Rosas, a market town about three hours north of City.

But her husband – and only source of income – works as a bricklayer in Naples, Florida, and the rapidly softening US market has meant considerably less work for him and a substantial cut in flows for her.

“In the good days he could go to the beach on weekends and drink . Now he wants to come home but doesn’t even have the $300 he needs for the journey,” she says.”*

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