Gross fixed investment in Mexico fell 14.7 percent year-on-year in October of 2020, following a 16 percent decline in the previous month and above market expectations of a 13.8 percent drop. It was the softest downturn in private investment since March, as the economy slowly recovers from the Covid-19 shock. Investment fell at a softer pace in construction (-12.7 percent vs -18.4 percent in September), due to both residential (-5.5 percent vs -14.3 percent) and non-residential (-19.6 percent vs -22.2 percent) segments. On the other hand, investment in machinery shrank 17 percent, more than a 12.7 percent fall in the prior month. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, private investment rose 2.8 percent, rebounding from a 2.9 percent decrease in September. source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI)
Private Investment in Mexico averaged 2.01 percent from 1994 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 33.10 percent in July of 1996 and a record low of -41.90 percent in June of 1995. This page provides - Mexico Private Investment- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Mexico Gross Fixed Investment - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on January of 2021.
Private Investment in Mexico is expected to be -5.00 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Private Investment in Mexico to stand at 0.50 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Mexico Gross Fixed Investment is projected to trend around 1.50 percent in 2022, according to our econometric models.