Mexico's budget deficit should end this year below 6% of GDP, president says
BY Reuters | ECONOMIC | 10/10/24 10:25 AM EDTMEXICO CITY, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Thursday that the government's budget deficit should end this year at below 6% of gross domestic product (GDP), while aiming for a deficit of 3.5% of GDP in 2025.
This year's budget deficit is forecast to reach 5.9% of the country's economic output. (Reporting by Raul Cortes Fernandez and Ana Isabel Martinez; Editing by Sarah Morland)