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🇲🇽 Mexico’s Factory Engine Is Flashing a Warning
When you look at this chart, you’re not just seeing a bad month. You’re seeing a decade long arc where Mexico’s manufacturing base quietly shifted from steady expansion to something much more fragile. The PMI used to live in the mid 50s. Now it can’t stay above 50 for long, and the latest print drops again into contraction. That’s a sign that the underlying engine just isn’t firing the way it used to.
And the timing matters. 3 straight months of contraction now, and it’s not just one category. New orders are soft, exports are sliding, companies are cutting headcount, and costs are rising at the same time. It’s the kind of setup where managers start tapping the brakes because they don’t trust the environment in front of them.
A Squeeze from Both Sides of the Border
Yes, tariffs play a role, but it’s not as simple as the U.S. raised duties, so Mexico fell apart. What’s really happening is a two front squeeze. On one side, Mexican exporters are facing new frictions getting goods into the U.S. especially anything that fails USMCA content rules or requires steel, aluminum, or certain auto parts. Margins get thinner, production plans become uncertain, and suddenly the optimism that carried the nearshoring wave starts to fade.
On the other side, Mexico raised its own tariffs on a long list of imported inputs from countries like China, Korea, and India. That makes raw materials and components more expensive for local manufacturers just as the U.S. market is getting tougher. The PMI captures that stress perfectly: input costs rise, but firms can’t pass the pain along because demand isn’t strong enough to support higher prices.
Put those together and you get the classic manufacturing slowdown. It’s not a collapse, it’s a grind. A slow tightening of conditions until the average factory manager stops hiring, delays capex, and waits for clarity.
The Nearshoring Boom Is Real But It’s Not Broad
The tricky part is that Mexico can still post record export numbers while the PMI contracts. And that’s exactly what’s happening. A handful of large, high value sectors tied to U.S. tech, data centers, and advanced manufacturing are thriving. They’re big enough to push export totals higher. But the broader industrial ecosystem like the mid sized suppliers, the old line manufacturers, the firms relying on cheap imported inputs is struggling. And the PMI, which asks managers across the spectrum how they feel, reflects the weakness underneath the headline success.
This is the part that gets missed in the surface level take. Mexico didn’t suddenly lose the nearshoring story. It’s just that the gains are concentrated in a few places, while the rest of the manufacturing base is fighting rising costs, fragile infrastructure, expensive electricity, and unpredictable regulation.
The Bigger Picture: Mexico Is at a Crossroads
When a chart trends like this…lower highs, weaker rebounds, and quicker drops below 50 it tells you the country is caught between opportunity and limitation. The opportunity is obvious: the U.S. wants more supply chains close to home, and Mexico is the natural landing spot. But the limitations are just as clear. Energy shortages, water constraints, security issues, and regulatory uncertainty all make it harder for Mexico to convert nearshoring from a headline into a truly broad, national industrial revival.
So this PMI print isn’t just about tariffs or one bad month. It’s the symptom of a deeper tension: Mexico is benefiting from the global realignment, but it’s also bumping into its own ceilings. Unless those structural issues are tackled head on, the story will keep looking like this…headline exports doing great while the average factory quietly falls behind.
It’s a moment where Mexico could cement itself as the indispensable partner in North American manufacturing. Or it could let the window slip. This chart is the early warning that the clock is ticking.
America's o[...]
🇲🇽 Mexico’s Factory Engine Is Flashing a Warning
When you look at this chart, you’re not just seeing a bad month. You’re seeing a decade long arc where Mexico’s manufacturing base quietly shifted from steady expansion to something much more fragile. The PMI used to live in the mid 50s. Now it can’t stay above 50 for long, and the latest print drops again into contraction. That’s a sign that the underlying engine just isn’t firing the way it used to.
And the timing matters. 3 straight months of contraction now, and it’s not just one category. New orders are soft, exports are sliding, companies are cutting headcount, and costs are rising at the same time. It’s the kind of setup where managers start tapping the brakes because they don’t trust the environment in front of them.
A Squeeze from Both Sides of the Border
Yes, tariffs play a role, but it’s not as simple as the U.S. raised duties, so Mexico fell apart. What’s really happening is a two front squeeze. On one side, Mexican exporters are facing new frictions getting goods into the U.S. especially anything that fails USMCA content rules or requires steel, aluminum, or certain auto parts. Margins get thinner, production plans become uncertain, and suddenly the optimism that carried the nearshoring wave starts to fade.
On the other side, Mexico raised its own tariffs on a long list of imported inputs from countries like China, Korea, and India. That makes raw materials and components more expensive for local manufacturers just as the U.S. market is getting tougher. The PMI captures that stress perfectly: input costs rise, but firms can’t pass the pain along because demand isn’t strong enough to support higher prices.
Put those together and you get the classic manufacturing slowdown. It’s not a collapse, it’s a grind. A slow tightening of conditions until the average factory manager stops hiring, delays capex, and waits for clarity.
The Nearshoring Boom Is Real But It’s Not Broad
The tricky part is that Mexico can still post record export numbers while the PMI contracts. And that’s exactly what’s happening. A handful of large, high value sectors tied to U.S. tech, data centers, and advanced manufacturing are thriving. They’re big enough to push export totals higher. But the broader industrial ecosystem like the mid sized suppliers, the old line manufacturers, the firms relying on cheap imported inputs is struggling. And the PMI, which asks managers across the spectrum how they feel, reflects the weakness underneath the headline success.
This is the part that gets missed in the surface level take. Mexico didn’t suddenly lose the nearshoring story. It’s just that the gains are concentrated in a few places, while the rest of the manufacturing base is fighting rising costs, fragile infrastructure, expensive electricity, and unpredictable regulation.
The Bigger Picture: Mexico Is at a Crossroads
When a chart trends like this…lower highs, weaker rebounds, and quicker drops below 50 it tells you the country is caught between opportunity and limitation. The opportunity is obvious: the U.S. wants more supply chains close to home, and Mexico is the natural landing spot. But the limitations are just as clear. Energy shortages, water constraints, security issues, and regulatory uncertainty all make it harder for Mexico to convert nearshoring from a headline into a truly broad, national industrial revival.
So this PMI print isn’t just about tariffs or one bad month. It’s the symptom of a deeper tension: Mexico is benefiting from the global realignment, but it’s also bumping into its own ceilings. Unless those structural issues are tackled head on, the story will keep looking like this…headline exports doing great while the average factory quietly falls behind.
It’s a moment where Mexico could cement itself as the indispensable partner in North American manufacturing. Or it could let the window slip. This chart is the early warning that the clock is ticking.
America's o[...]
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EndGame Macro 🇲🇽 Mexico’s Factory Engine Is Flashing a Warning When you look at this chart, you’re not just seeing a bad month. You’re seeing a decade long arc where Mexico’s manufacturing base quietly shifted from steady expansion to something much more…
ther neighbor is also getting pummeled by tariffs - Mexican manufacturing sector contracts for 3rd month in a row w/ jobs, sales, new orders, production, exports, and optimism all declining in Nov while price pressures rose; really no good news in the report... https://t.co/o527iKAZUv - E.J. Antoni, Ph.D. tweet