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November 12, 2024
Mexico | Formal employment does not change trend in October, worsens outlook
The weakness in employment, observed since the beginning of the year, has intensified more than expected due to factors such as the closure of federal infrastructure projects and political and economic uncertainty. In October, formal employment grew by 1.4%, falling 0.3 percentage points short of expectations.
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September 17, 2024
Mexico | FDI received by Mexico fell by mid-2024
The accumulated figures for the first half of 2024 reveal a trade balance of 5 billion USD, a smaller deficit than the previous year's first half. In the same period, FDI in Mexico totaled 31.1 billion dollars, a reduction of 1.0 billion from the same period of 2023.
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September 13, 2024
Mexico | Sluggishness in consumption during August
The BBVA Research Big Data Consumption Indicator grew 2.1% MaM in August, bringing the average annual variation of the first eight months of the year to 9.1%, 2.3 pp below that observed in the same period of the year former.
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August 20, 2024
Mexico | Weak manufacturing performance in July; the slowdown would extend to 2H24
The BBVA Research Multidimensional Manufacturing Indicator fell (-)2.7% YoY in July (the seventh consecutive drop so far this year), pointing towards a gloomy outlook for 2H24
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August 13, 2024
Mexico | Lower spending on goods and services in July; consumption fell (-)1.4% MaM
By components, spending on goods fell (-)1.4%, while spending on services fell (-)1.0%; the slowdown in retail sales is consistent with the lower dynamism that formal employment has shown in recent months, given the deceleration in the industrial sector
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July 30, 2024
Mexico | Modest GDP growth in 2Q24; gloomy outlook for the rest of the year
Economic activity showed slow dynamism in 2Q24, with a quarterly variation of 0.2%; in accumulated terms GDP grew 1.5% YoY in 1H24, compared to the same period of the previous year (industry 1.0%, tertiary sector 2.0%).
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