Article: Rubin Faces a World of Troubles Beyond Mexico's Peso Plunge

Robert E. Rubin, Bill Clinton's new treasury secretary, fits the mold in many ways. A highly successful investor as co-chairman of Goldman Sachs & Co., Rubin follows such secretaries who made their mark on Wall Street as Donald T. Regan, Ronald Reagan's first appointee; Nicholas Brady, George Bush's man; and John F. Kennedy's C. Douglas Dillon. Rubin is a Democrat, of course, while the others were Republicans.

In an informal meeting Wednesday with a group of reporters, Rubin concentrated on the Mexican peso crisis. He fears that unless the proposed $40 billion in loan guarantees for Mexico is approved, the recent ability of Mexico, Spain and other developing countries to participate in ...

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