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Gerónimo Ugarte Bedwell
Gerónimo Ugarte Bedwell
Principal Economist
Mexico City

Gerónimo Ugarte Bedwell is a Principal Economist at BBVA Research Mexico, focusing mainly on Banking and Financial System topics.

Gerónimo has a BA in Economics from Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), a Master´s in Economics from Universitat Pompeu Fabra, and conducted his PhD in Economics studies at Tel Aviv University.

Additionally, Gerónimo was awarded the National Award in Economics of the Colegio Nacional de Economistas and has been a professor of Economics (Microeconomics and Macroeconomics) at the FCA postgraduate studies unit of Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Besides that, he has participated as a speaker in international academic fora on the areas of Social and Economic Networks and Uncertainty Theory.

Latest publications

In March 2023, the balance of traditional bank deposits registered a real annual variation of -0.3% (6.5% in nominal terms) , while the current credit portfolio granted by commercial banks to the non-financial private sector (NFPS) exhibited a real annual growth of 5.1% (12.3% in nominal terms).
During February 2023, the balance of the current credit portfolio granted by commercial banks to the non-financial private sector (NFPS) grew 4.8% real per year (12.8% nominal), while traditional bank deposits decreased by a real contraction of 1.4% (equivalent to nominal growth of 6.1%).
During January 2023, the real balance of the current credit portfolio granted by commercial banks to the non-financial private sector (NFPS) grew 4.6% YoY, while traditional bank deposits (sight + term) exhibited a real YoY fall of - 0.1%.