After both International Monetary Fund And The World Bank Slash reduced their economic growth forecasts in 2025 for Mexico, the federal government is struggling to paint a more pink table.
President Claudia Sheinbaum expressed her disagreement with pessimistic forecasts, saying that they do not take into account her government’s plans to stimulate the economy.
During the press conference of Thursday morning president, the Minister of Finance, Marcelo Ebrard, provided an update on the investment which should take place in Mexico in the years to come, while Sheinbaum herself stressed the “macroeconomic stability” of Mexico when he asked a question about the performance of the Mexican Peso.
Almost $ 300 billion in the investment pipeline
After the group executive Raúl Scalante announced an investment of 3.6 billion US dollars in Mexico Over the next three years, Ebrard has taken the spotlight to present an update on the so-called “portfolio for shared prosperity” of Mexico “.
The portfolio is currently made up of 1,937 private sector projects in the 32 federal entities, said Ebrard.
It includes projects to be carried out by Mexican and foreign companies in Mexico.
Investment of $ 3,600 million between 2025 and 2027 of the model group in Mexico: pic.twitter.com/9cyxduyluz
– Ebrard Marcello C. (@m_ebrard) April 24, 2025
Ebrard said that the 1,937 “confirmed projects” represent the investment of US dollars by the end of six years of the current government in 2030.
“More or less, this represents 16% of the gross domestic product of our country-$ 298 billion in Madame’s president, that’s what we have (in the investment pipeline),” he said.
Nearly 2,000 investment projects include those announced by large companies such as Tesla,, Byd,, Walmart,, Amazon And Free market.
Despite global uncertainty due to protectionist policies in the United States and other factors, Ebrard said that none of the announced projects had been canceled.
However, there is no guarantee that they will all go either.
For example, the construction of a so -called “Gigafactory” from Tesla to Nuevo León – announced by the company over two years ago – does not currently seem to be too likely.
Why invest in Mexico? For his working hard people, Sheinbaum says
Invited to identify the “advantages” of investment in Mexico compared to other countries, Sheinbaum quickly quoted “workers” in Mexico.
“This image which was promoted for a period, of a Mexican with a sombrero seated under a cactus of Nopal as if we were lazy, is completely false,” she said.
“The inhabitants of Mexico work here and our migrants work there and advance the economy of the United States,” she said.
“So it’s the first thing,” said Sheinbaum.
She also mentioned that the availability of “qualified” work in Mexico has increased and continues to increase, telling journalists that Mexico is among the largest engineering trainers in the world.
Sheinbaum stressed that “cheap labor” was previously the largest sales argument for investors in Mexico, but said that was no longer the case.
“Mexico is great and it has everything to continue to develop,” she added.
Does the “Super Peso” make a comeback?
A journalist noted that Mexican peso was negotiated at 19.57 in the US dollar on Thursday morning and asked the president why the currency had strengthened at a time when there was “Tariff Tariff” with the United States.
“There is a lot of strength in the Mexican economy, there is macroeconomic stability, responsibility for using public resources, in the use of the budget,” replied Sheinbaum.
“In other words, macroeconomic variables are good,” she said.
“There is a bank in Mexico with autonomy, that is to say good decisions. Interest rates have been lowered Here, ”added Sheinbaum.
It also attributed the force of the peso to the absence of inflation, even if the rate of Mexico was Almost 4% in the first halfagainst 3.80% in March.
“There is no inflation. The level of inflation has just been released, it’s the same number as last month,” said Sheinbaum.
“So there is macroeconomic stability. Then there are public investments, private investments and there is one (economic plan), “she said, referring to The México Government Plan Initiative.
“And there is a political force, a social strength, an economic force in the country. This manifests in the stability of our currency,” said Sheinbaum.
The weight Reached a summit of almost nine years of 4:30 p.m. to the dollar in April 2024But significantly depreciated later in the year.
He depreciated at more than 21 to dollar earlier this monthbut rebounded after the April 9 announcement of American president Donald Trump that he was Lower the maximum rate of “reciprocal prices” of the United States to 10% for at least the next 90 days.
