Trump’s threats take the Mexican peso to 20.69 per dollar

Trump’s threats take the Mexican peso to 20.69 per dollar

Mexico City. Two months before Donald Trump takes office as US president, he continues to shake the Mexican peso in his international operations. The president-elect threatened Mexico and Canada with extra 25 percent tariffs from his first day in the White House. As soon as his message began to circulate on his social network, Truth, … Read more

HR Ratings changes perspective of Mexico; goes from stable to negative

HR Ratings changes perspective of Mexico; goes from stable to negative

HR Ratings changed Mexico’s outlook from stable to negative and ratified the short- and long-term sovereign risk ratings, the firm reported in a statement. This is the second change in perspective for Mexico, since last Thursday, November 14, one day before the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP) delivered the 2025 economic package project … Read more

Moody’s changes outlook on Mexico’s sovereign debt rating to “negative”

Moody’s changes outlook on Mexico’s sovereign debt rating to “negative”

Mexico City. The ability of the new Mexican government to reduce the fiscal deficit, which in 2024 will be around 6 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) “is limited by an increasingly rigid spending structure and a reduced income base,” Moody’s said this Thursday, announcing a change from “stable” to “negative” in the outlook for … Read more

Peso ends week with gains; closes at 20.19 per spot dollar

Peso ends week with gains; closes at 20.19 per spot dollar

Mexico City. The Mexican peso ended the week with gains, managing to overcome the turbulence caused by Donald Trump‘s victory in the presidential election in the United States last Tuesday, while investors continue to weigh the risks that Trump’s return to the House represents for Mexico. Blanca, who has threatened to impose tariffs on imports … Read more

Cost of food basket grows 5.6% in urban areas

Cost of food basket grows 5.6% in urban areas

Mexico City. In October 2024, the cost of the food basket in the urban area of ​​the country rose 5.6 percent compared to September of the same year, increasing from 2,224.83 pesos to 2,349.71 pesos, according to updated information from the National Evaluation Council. of the Social Development Policy (Coneval). In the case of rural … Read more

Economic slowdown, due to lower demand and slow dynamism: BBVA

Economic slowdown, due to lower demand and slow dynamism: BBVA

Mexico City. The slowdown of the economy in most of the country’s states comes from the weakness of domestic demand, lower growth in formal employment and moderate investment by companies due to the fall in public spending, BBVA México stated. Carlos Serrano, chief economist of BBVA, said that at the end of 2024, 27 states … Read more

Mexican peso closes at 20.15 per spot dollar ahead of US elections

Mexican peso closes at 20.15 per spot dollar ahead of US elections

Mexico City. On the eve of the election in the United States, volatility took over the financial markets this Monday. The exchange rate in Mexico, which began the day at 20.05 pesos per dollar, ended at 20.15 per spot dollar. Amid the global weakness of the dollar, emerging currencies, mainly those of Latin America, were … Read more

LA and the Caribbean must focus reforms towards growth: IMF

LA and the Caribbean must focus reforms towards growth: IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday urged Latin American and Caribbean governments to address economic policies aimed at fostering potential growth, saying their reform agenda needs a boost while activity is expected to moderate in the key economies. In their Regional economic outlookthe IMF projected that the region’s growth will accelerate from 2.1 percent … Read more

Mexican peso closes at 20.03 units per dollar

Mexican peso closes at 20.03 units per dollar

Mexico City. At the start of the week before the elections in the United States, the Mexican currency closed above 20 pesos per spot dollar this Monday, its worst level since September 10, 2024. The Mexican peso linked three sessions down (1.05 percent), where this Monday it reported a daily depreciation of 0.32 percent, equivalent … Read more

Low rates and nearshoring maintain dynamism in finance: Altum Capital

Low rates and nearshoring maintain dynamism in finance: Altum Capital

Mexico City. The reduction in interest rates, which the Bank of Mexico (BdeM) has already initiated, is in favor of increasing credit and reducing the difficulties in meeting the debts of medium-sized companies in Mexico; every time he nearshoring and the growth of services maintain the dynamism of financing, stated Miguel Ángel Gomez, co-founding partner … Read more