Economy and Investment: Stable Prices, Formal Employment and Industrial Hubs Looking Toward North America

The economic chapter of the Second Report brings together price stability, formal employment, investment and regional development. Gross domestic product grew 1.4% in the second quarter of 2026 compared with the previous quarter and 1.9% compared with the same period of 2025. In July, 22.8 million formal jobs were registered.
Annual inflation was 3.26% in August, 1.04 percentage points below the OECD average of 4.3%. The exchange rate stands at around 18.4 pesos per dollar. The report explains that a stable peso makes importing inputs, machinery and technology cheaper, and benefits micro, small and medium-sized enterprises that buy equipment abroad.
Mexico is presented as a central piece of North American value chains. Foreign direct investment totaled 34,968 million dollars in the first half of the year, the highest figure for a comparable period. The Poles for Economic Development for Wellbeing now number fifteen; six began construction with an investment of more than 4,490 million dollars, and the one in Huamantla, Tlaxcala, was the first to open, with more than 500 million dollars and 5,000 direct jobs expected. The document adds that the strategy positions Mexico as a bridge between North America and Latin America.
On the United States, the president set out four principles: respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, shared responsibility, respect and mutual trust, and cooperation without subordination.
For the Latino community, this offers a practical reading. Those who import from or export to Mexico, or who are thinking of investing in their country of origin, find an environment of stable prices and a peso that, according to the report, makes inputs from abroad cheaper.