At a time when the global economy is sputtering, we need growth.

Europe and Japan are both facing difficult challenges, including rapidly aging populations and sputtering economies.

But, given the close linkages between Mexican production and US consumption (which is now sputtering again), any resilience in the Mexican economy could be short lived.

CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA China s current economic slowdown has no shortage of causes Europe s financial turmoil, sputtering recovery in the United States, and weak domestic investment growth, to name the most commonly cited factors.