Mexico | Progress continues in fiscal consolidation

Summary

The Historical Balance of Public Sector Borrowing Requirements (HBPSBR) was 51.3% of GDP at the end of 2024. We expect the HBPSBR to be 52.6% at year-end with a public deficit and PSBR of 3.8% and 4.3% of GDP, respectively.

Key points

• Key points:
• Taking into account the GDP growth forecast of 0.2% for 2025 from the consensus of analysts surveyed by Citi Mexico (published on July 22) and debt servicing costs of 3.9% of GDP, our calculations show that the primary surplus would have to be 1.4% of GDP (a public deficit of 2.5% of GDP) to keep the HBPSBR at 51.3% by the end of 2025.
• In our view, it will be difficult to have a fiscal consolidation that reduces the public deficit from 4.9% to 2.5% of GDP in 2025 due to lower expectations for economic growth and less fiscal space to cut discretionary spending even more.

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