International commodity prices registered a mixed behavior, with episodes of volatility, during the second quarter of 2022, referred the Bank of Mexico (Banxico). To begin with, oil prices registered an upward trend from April to mid-June, due to factors that limited supply, such as the sanctions imposed on
Japanese exports did not contribute to Japan‘s gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the second quarter of 2022. In Japan, economic activity rebounded during the second quarter of 2022, growing at a seasonally adjusted quarterly rate of 0.5% after remaining virtually unchanged in the first quarter of the
Interest rates in Mexico have been affected by continued disruptions in the global supply chain, the adverse effects of the Russia–Ukraine conflict-including volatile oil and gas prices and disruption in global financial markets-and the blockade imposed on some Chinese provinces in response to the resurgence of Covid-19. All
Supply chain disruptions affected global growth by up to one percentage point, estimated the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In general, this occurs when the process flow involving any of the entities associated with the production, sale and distribution of specific goods or services is interrupted. The IMF estimated
Cemex reported that the technologies developed by its global research and development team are protected by more than 45 international patent families and more than 55 trade secrets covering new types of cement, cementitious materials, concrete mix designs, admixture formulations, construction systems and advanced manufacturing processes. In addition,
After a double-digit decline in 2020, announced greenfield projects in electronics and electrical equipment saw a remarkable 156% increase in 2021. These projects were hard hit during the first year of the pandemic by supply chain problems. Announced greenfield projects, by sector and selected industries, 2020-2021 Among the