Mexico

• Mexico Economic Update

  Mexican economy gains some momentum

  Mexico’s monthly GDP estimate increased in April, following an annualized 2.4 percent contraction in output in the first quarter of 2026.

  June 26, 2026

• Southwest Economy

  Trader remains bullish on cattle despite economic, contagion threats

  Leslie Callahan, a co-founder and principal of cattle trading firm Crossroads Cattle, discusses the reasons behind record-high beef prices and challenges facing the industry.

  May 20, 2026

• Southwest Economy

  Ranchers herd it all as fewer cattle pressure beef prices; screwworm lurks

  Texas cattle ranchers typically benefit from an increase in beef prices, but more recently, the reemergence of the flesh-eating New World screwworm parasite threatens the beef industry.

  May 20, 2026

• Dallas Fed Economics

  Mexico gains from U.S.-China trade war; inefficiencies limit benefit

  A sequence of major economic and geopolitical events has reshaped the structure of global trade in the past decade. It began with U.S. imposition of tariffs on Chinese goods in 2018. The postpandemic followed with widespread disruption to global value chains—the process of manufacturing a product in stages across several countries.

  May 12, 2026

• Mexico Economic Update

  Mexico’s economy contracts in first quarter

  Mexico’s GDP fell an annualized 3.2 percent in the first quarter of 2026, according to official preliminary estimates.

  May 07, 2026

• Southwest Economy

  Ciudad Juarez retools amid job losses

  Ciudad Juarez, across the Rio Grande from El Paso, lost nearly one-fifth of its manufacturing jobs over a two-year period. The decline reflects the city’s move into higher value-added, less labor-intensive production of electronics and hardware demanded for the U.S.’s burgeoning data center build-out.

  April 08, 2026

• Mexico Economic Update

  Mexican economy weakens at the start of 2026

  Mexico’s monthly proxy for GDP fell 0.9 percent in January after the economy expanded an upwardly revised 1.8 percent in 2025.

  March 23, 2026

• Special Report

  Taiwan firms key to nearshoring and reshoring to support AI boom

  While China’s trade and investment with Mexico have attracted significant attention, Taiwan firms’ investment in both Mexico and Texas is arguably more significant for the evolution of U.S.–Mexico production networks.

  March 06, 2026

• Mexico Economic Update

  Mexico's economy rebounds in fourth quarter 2025

  Mexico's economy expanded at year-end 2025. GDP grew 1.2 percent year-over-year in the fourth quarter after contracting 0.2 percent in the third quarter.

  February 13, 2026

• Southwest Economy

  Mexican residents favor local retailers over cross-border shopping in Texas

  Despite a relatively stable peso-dollar exchange rate that would normally favor shopping in the U.S., Mexican consumers increasingly stay closer to home.

  January 16, 2026