Mexico Foreign Direct Investment Inflows

## What this measures

Foreign direct investment flowing into Mexico each quarter, on a balance-of-payments basis.

## Why it matters

FDI is the investment side of the nearshoring story.

## How to read it

Read four-quarter totals; single quarters are lumpy with large deals.

## What it does not say

This is Banxico's balance-of-payments figure, which differs from the Secretaría de Economía FDI number most Mexican press quotes.

## Source

Fuente: Banco de México, Sistema de Información Económica (SIE), series SE30330 ("Inversión extranjera directa, balanza de pagos"), https://www.banxico.org.mx. Palanor reads it every day through the SIE API.

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