BRIMC

BRIMC is a relatively new term used to refer to the combination of Brazil, Russia, India, Mexico, and the People's Republic of China.

The term derived from the Goldman Sachs investment bank thesis called BRIC. Jim O'Neill, expert from the same bank and creator of the economic thesis, stated that in 2001 when the paper was created, it did not consider Mexico, but today it has been included because the country is experiencing the same factors that the other countries first included present. [http://www.lefigaro.fr/eco-entreprises/20061023.FIG000000280_les_bric_tiennent_leurs_promesses.html Le Figaro, newspaper, interview with expert Jim 0'Neill] fr icon] [http://www.merit.unu.edu/archive/docs/200611/Sergey%20-%20Conference%20Report.pdf United Nations University] ] The main point of this paper was to argue that the economies of the BRIMCs are rapidly developing and by the year 2050 will eclipse most of the current richest countries of the world. A Goldman Sachs paper published later in December of 2005 explained why Mexico wasn't included in the original BRICs. According to the paper [cite web |title =How Solid are the BRICs? |publisher=Global Economics |url=www2.goldmansachs.com/hkchina/insight/research/pdf/BRICs_3_12-1-05.pdf |accessdate=2008-07-18] , among the other countries they looked at, only Mexico and perhaps Korea have the potential to rival the BRICs, but they are economies that they decided to exclude initially because they looked at them as already more developed. According to that paper, Mexico becomes the sixth-largest economy, ahead of Russia. However, due to the popularity of the Goldman Sachs thesis, "BRIMC" is becoming a more generic marketing term to refer to these five countries, or even to newly industrialized countries in general.

The term is primarily used in the economic and financial spheres as well in academia. Its usage has grown specially in the investment sector, where it is used to refer to the bonds emitted by these emerging markets governments. [http://www.correiodamanha.pt/noticia.asp?id=219132&idselect=9&idCanal=9&p=200 Correio Da Manha, newspaper] ] [http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=282049 Business Standard, "Emerging risk and return"] ] [http://www.companynewsgroup.com/communique.asp?co_id=118223 Company News Group, "L'oreal, first quarter sales report"] ]

The BRIMC thesis

It is primarily the same as the BRIC [ [http://www.gs.com/insight/research/reports/99.pdf BRIC thesis Goldman Sachs Investment Bank, "BRIC"] ] . Goldman Sachs argues that the economic potential of Brazil, Russia, India, Mexico and China is such that they may become among the five most dominant economies by the year 2050. The thesis was proposed by Jim O'Neill, global economist at Goldman Sachs. These countries are forecast to encompass over forty percent of the world's population and hold a combined GDP [PPP] of 14.951 trillion dollars. On almost every scale, they would be the largest entity on the global stage. However, it is important to note that it is not the intent of Goldman Sachs to argue that these five countries are a political alliance (such as the European Union) or any formal trading association, like ASEAN. Nevertheless, they have taken steps to increase their political cooperation, mainly as a way of influencing the United States position on major trade accords, or, through the implicit threat of political cooperation, as a way of extracting political concessions from the United States, such as the proposed nuclear cooperation with India.

Other uses

The term is used in the financial world to describe the countries in which investing opportunities in bonds are notable and offer high rentability.

Mexico

Since 2001, Mexico has experienced an improved debt-to-GDP ratio, pension reform, [http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2008/CAR082208A.htm] tax reform, [http://wharton.universia.net/index.cfm?fa=viewArticle&id=1414&language=english&specialId=] and judicial reform. [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laplaza/2008/06/mexico-reforms.html] Mexico's main parties have discussed a reform to the oil sector that would allow the state oil company to use capital from the private sector to support its operations. Any reforms to Mexico's oil sector may further improve its growth prospects over the next several decades.

Mexico's inflation and interest rates have remained lower than Brazil's and most of the rest of Latin America.

References

* [http://www2.goldmansachs.com/hkchina/insight/research/pdf/BRICs_3_12-1-05.pdf Goldman Sachs Paper No.134 BRIMC] en icon
* [http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/382941.html El Universal Newspaper] es icon

ee also

* BRIC
* G8+5
* Newly industrialized country
* Emerging markets