Mexico Skirts Recession in First Quarter Despite Trump Uncertainty

Mexico skirts recession in first quarter despite Trump uncertainty

Mexico avoided falling into technical recession during the first quarter of 2025, when the country experienced uncertainty from Donald Trump's early days in the White House.

Agricultural Surge Saves Mexico from Technical Recession Despite Factory Decline in Q1 2025

Mexico’s National Institute of Statistics and Geography released revised data showing the economy grew 0.8% annually in the first quarter of 2025. The country narrowly avoided a technical recession after expanding 0.2% quarter-over-quarter, following a 0.6% contraction in late 2024. Agriculture drove the unexpected growth with a remarkable 7.2% annual increase and 8.1% quarterly surge. […]

Mexico City, 22 May (EFE).- The National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) of Mexico maintained on Thursday at 0.2% the definitive growth of GDP in the first quarter of 2025, same estimate that it made preliminary in April. The increase, above the expectations of the market, occurred thanks to the quarterly advance of the agricultural sector (7.8%), although with the decline in services (0.1%) and industry (0.1%), the Inegi detailed …

During the first quarter, the Mexican economy grew by 0.2%, and 0.6% at annual rate, according to Inegi's data.

The ‘pance’ was confirmed: Mexico’s economy grew 0.2 percent in the first quarter of 2025, thus avoiding the so-called ‘technical recession’, reported the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) on Thursday, May 22. The 0.2 percent figure is the same as the timely estimate published a month ago, although the Institute did make some adjustments: The growth of primary activities (related to the field) was adjusted from 8.1 to 7.9 pe…

CDMX.- The rating agency HR Ratings pointed out that the specific data of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) confirm that Mexico's economic activity in the first quarter of the year had an increase of 0.20%, so a technical recession was avoided, although the main economic sectors showed signs of weakness.The firm points out that the data show that a significant number of sectors that make up this indicator experienced a loss of dynamism and contra…