"In several recent cases the effects of the political scandals have been straightforward," said Jonathan Heath, an economist in Mexico City.

"This is very far from classifying as a crisis," an economist with Latinsource Mexico, Jonathan Heath, said.

Jonathan Heath, director of Macro Assesoria Economica, a consulting firm, took a more cautious view of the market's strength.

"Everybody's expecting a slowdown, but we can't see strong, unequivocal signs yet," said Jonathan Heath, an independent economics consultant here.

"In general things are getting better," said Jonathan Heath, an economist in Mexico City.

"Everybody in the private sector here is convinced of the road the country has taken," said Jonathan Heath, an economic consultant in Mexico City.

"It's important to remember the devaluation and the crisis it caused between the two administrations," said Jonathan Heath, an economist in Mexico City.

"It is not that the Government omitted the obvious; it's that there is no obvious," one economist, Jonathan Heath, said.

"The two things foreigners are bringing in, capital and administration, are not available right now in Mexico," said Jonathan Heath, an economist here.

"It's not a recovery for everybody, not yet a recovery for the consumer," said Jonathan Heath, an economist in Mexico City.