Q&A: Gerardo Rodriguez, Mexico's Ministry of Finance and Public Credit
Gerardo Rodriguez, deputy finance minister at Mexico’s Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, speaks about the government’s oil price hedging strategy
The government of Mexico is the best-known sovereign oil hedger, operating a hedging programme that is rolled out towards the end of each year after approval by Congress. The programme gained much attention in 2009 when, with crude prices slowly recovering from their December 2008 low of $30 per barrel (bbl), the hedge allowed Mexico to sell much of its output at $70/bbl, earning the country $5
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