Mexican Growth Beats Expectations With Year-End 2025 Rebound (2)

Mexico’s economy rebounded at year-end to avoid a technical recession after slumping in the third quarter due the drag from US tariffs and low investment.

Gross domestic product rose 0.8% in the October-December period from the prior three months, above the 0.6% median estimate of economists surveyed by Bloomberg, compared with the -0.3% contraction in the previous quarter.

From the same quarter last year, GDP increased 1.6%, above the 1.3% median estimate and up from the prior revised reading of -0.2%, according to preliminary data published by national statistics institute Friday. For all of 2025, GDP rose 0.5%, marking a ...