Another measure affecting the industrial sector is the Producer Price Index, which does not bring good news for industries. Since early 2016, producer prices have been growing at increasing rates.

The increase in interest rates implemented by the Fed and the resulting outflow of capital from Mexico may begin to affect the good pace in credit growth in the country.

Mexico continues to experience a yearly growth of less than 3%. Since the second half of 2014, growth rate in Mexico has been stagnant and predictions are that growth will continue at a slow pace throughout this year, as well.

The news about the fall in oil prices and the impact it has had on oil producing countries is nothing new. For Mexico, this fall has had a rather notable effect on local currency exchange rates, and in spite of the depreciation of the peso, exportations have not risen.

Public debt is an increasingly important issue for Mexico. Between January 2014 and December 2015, Mexico’s public debt grew 33%. As Mexico’s debt to GDP reaches 52%, authorities continue to downplay the debt’s importance by pointing out that the debt level is still below that of similar nations. A poor consolation. Below is the debt’s change as percentage of the GDP.

The most notable news in the economics and finance world has been the Federal Reserve’s decision to raise interest rates on December 16th. In response to the news, Mexico’s Central Bank raised its interest rate target by 0.25 percentage point.