OBELA Analysis

In October 2024, the 16th BRICS summit was held in Kazan, Russia. One of the central themes was financial cooperation, which consisted of increasing trade in local currencies, which would benefit from reducing transaction costs, avoiding US trade sanctions and reducing payment processing times. In addition, it allows for greater exchange rate stability because it avoids the dollar's instability.

The discussion on the state of the Mexican economy has ceased to matter in general policy discussions within the country and is not the subject of international conferences. There is a tacit agreement among academia, different actors, and political sectors that maintaining an inflation rate and fiscal deficit at "acceptable" levels matters.