Race to replace Agustín Carstens enters final stages

Agustín Carstens
Agustín Carstens
Photo: Bank of Mexico

On November 29, Agustín Carstens will leave the Bank of Mexico to become the Bank for International Settlements’ first general manager from an emerging market economy.

Nine months after announcing his retirement as governor of the institution, a position he has held for seven years, the government is yet to name a successor.

“The main reason why the government is not naming a successor is that the best candidate in the eyes of the market and the government, finance minister José Antonio Meade

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