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Economy & Business - October 2025
MEXICO: Budget proposal big on social spending, light on fiscal consolidation
President Claudia Sheinbaum’s 2026 budget proposal, unveiled on 8 September, has twin aims: to consolidate both the social and infrastructure agenda of her predecessor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (2018-2024), and reduce the swollen fiscal deficit that he left behind.
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