Dollar Trades at 16.98 Pesos, a Low Not Seen Since May 2024
Mexico’s ‘super peso’ smashes past the 17-peso barrier to 16.98 per dollar, its strongest since May 2024, another embarrassment for the doomsayers who told everyone to buy dollars.
Mexican Economy
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Mexico Consolidates as the Second-Largest Exporter of AI Inputs, Behind Only China, According to the World Bank
The World Bank ranks Mexico second only to China in AI-input exports, even as adoption lags at home and a third of Mexicans are more worried than excited about it.
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Pemex’s Financial Debt Stood at 77.5 Billion Pesos, 9.1% Less Than in 2025
Pemex, Mexico’s state-owned oil company, cut its debt while hydrocarbon output rose 4.6% and sales revenue jumped 30.3% year on year.
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Mexico’s Exports Reach a Record in the First Half of 2026
Mexico’s trade surplus jumped to $9.857 billion from $1.433 billion a year earlier, as non-oil exports surged 25.6 percent on booming US demand for electronics.
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The Social Sector of the Economy: The Missing Piece Facing the Market
“The social sector represents all those forms that do not compulsively pursue the objectives of the capitalist economy. They have as their antecedent all the community and cooperative forms that have not been able to be subsumed under the logic of profit”
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Mexico, One of the OECD Countries with the Greatest Real Wage Recovery in Recent Years
Real wages in Mexico rose 15.1% over five years, nearly triple the OECD average, while only the US and Canada saw their real minimum wage fall.
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Trade Between Mexico and the US Reaches Record of $404 Billion
Mexico stays the top US trading partner at 16.5% of the total, ahead of Canada and China, just days after Washington declined to auto-renew USMCA for 16 years.
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After 19 Months of Decline, Investment Rebounded 5.1% in Mexico
Inegi data shows the first investment upturn in 19 months, driven by residential construction and imported machinery, though analysts warn the pillars are narrow.
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Sheinbaum Offers Certainty to Industry After the Continuation of the USMCA Until 2036
Concamin head Alejandro Malagón backed the government’s stance, citing a ten-year guarantee, calm markets, and exports up more than 23 percent under Plan México.
