US EditionMexico closed 2025 with fiscal deficit of 4.3% of GDP, government says
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The fiscal deficit closes 2025 at 4.3% of GDP, in line with the latest estimate of finance, but above the 3.9% originally proposed.
The country’s fiscal deficit, measured by the Public Sector Financial Requirements (PFRS), stood at 4.3 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at the close of 2025, above the 3.9 percent originally programmed by the Ministry of Finance (SHCP). While the level of 4.3 percent involved a 1.5 percentage point reduction from 5.8 percent in 2024, it failed to meet the Government’s original target. Initially, the government had projected a deficit…
Fiscal deficit at 54.5% of FY26 target at Dec end
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Reading time approx.: 3 minutes, 32 secondsThe Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP) reported that the Mexican economy recorded an annual growth of 1.6% in the fourth quarter of 2025, which allowed the year to close with an advance of 0.7%, while the fiscal deficit was reduced to 4.3% of GDP, from 5.8% in 2024. When presenting the Reports on the Economic Situation, Public Finance and Public Debt to the fourth quarter, the Secretary of Fin…
Mexico’s fiscal deficit closed in the last quarter of 2025 at 4.3% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), in line with the last estimate by the dependence led by Édgar Amador Zamora, reported on Friday by the Ministry of Finance. Initially, the government had foreseen a fiscal deficit of 3.9% of GDP for the past year, however, it was adjusting the target upwards. In 2024, it closed at 5.8%, the highest level since the late 1980s, according to figu…
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