THE MEXICO BRIEF
Mexico overview

The guide I wanted when I started looking.

I kept finding the answer on a different website. GDP at INEGI. The peso at Banxico. Public finances at Hacienda. Trade somewhere else. This puts the important parts in one place.

It covers the economy, politics, people, trade, and the relationship with the United States. The figures are dated and the original sources are linked. It is an overview, not an encyclopedia.

26 pagesUpdated 13 July 2026Original sources
Inside the report

The country, without the ten tabs.

Start here

The current picture and my main conclusions before the detail.

How Mexico works

Political history, regional differences, what Mexico produces, and why growth per person has been slow.

Money and the state

The peso, inflation, interest rates, public finances, Pemex, electricity, and water.

People and institutions

Work, informality, wages, poverty, migration, political power, the judiciary, and security.

North America

Trade, foreign investment, nearshoring, USMCA, migration, security, water, and energy.

My outlook

My base case, the predictions I am making, and what would change my mind.

Sources

The definitions, original links, and best place to start if you want to go deeper.

A snapshot, not a live page

The report is dated 13 July 2026. The Brief, Charts, and Sources pages keep updating. The report keeps its date so a later number never quietly changes an earlier argument.