LatinNews Daily - 02 February 2026

*Mexico’s national statistics institute (Inegi) has released preliminary figures on the country’s economic activity in the fourth quarter of 2025, estimating quarterly growth of 0.8%, compared with the 0.3% contraction in the previous quarter. In yearly terms, Inegi estimates that GDP grew by 1.6% in the final quarter of 2025, above the 1.3% median estimate highlighted by Bloomberg and the 0.2% yearly contraction registered in Q3. For all of 2025, GDP rose 0.7% compared to 2024, according to Inegi. In Q4 2025, activities in the primary sector (agriculture) were down by 2.7% in quarterly terms, while those in the secondary sector (manufacturing) and tertiary sector (services) were both up by 0.9%. In yearly terms, primary activities were up 6.0%, secondary activities were up by 0.3%, and tertiary activities increased by 2.0%.