LatinNews Daily - 12 November 2026

*Mexico’s national statistics institute (Inegi) has reported that the industrial activity index (Imai) fell by 1.4% in monthly terms in September, but was up 1.4% year-on-year. This follows a 0.2% rise in monthly terms in August on adjusted figures while the annual figure was down from a 3.6% year-on-year rise in August. The monthly fall in September was driven by a drop in construction (-2.0%), and manufacturing (-1.7%), while mining was up 0.4%, and utilities (electricity generation and transmission, and provision of water and gas), were up 1.4%. In yearly terms construction was up 6.4%, followed by utilities (+3.4%) and manufacturing (+0.5%), while mining was down 1.5%.