Mexico City — Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim Helú announced a $5 billion investment in Mexico for 2026, expressing confidence in the country’s economic prospects despite warnings from international credit rating agencies about public finances.
The investment, announced Wednesday, is driven by the business sector’s optimism over the regulatory simplification push under President Claudia Sheinbaum’s administration. Slim emphasized that Mexico must accelerate investment to seize current opportunities and move past doubts about economic stagnation.
The announcement comes at a strategic time when Mexico’s gross fixed investment has shown weakness over the past 12 months, raising concerns in financial markets. The federal government is promoting the so-called “Plan Mexico,” a strategy designed to shield the country from global uncertainty and strengthen its competitiveness in attracting foreign capital.
Slim described the plan as a necessary roadmap to transform investment into sustained growth, reaffirming that Mexico has the conditions to attract long-term capital if bureaucratic processes are streamlined and certainty is fostered.
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