Has Mexico escaped recession? Second-quarter data will show
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Mexico will on Wednesday learn whether the country slipped into recession during the first half of 2019, in what would be a major blow to President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s pledge to lift growth and confound critics of his economic policies.