{"version":"1","article":{"id":"mexico-monthly-household-consumption-july-2026","slug":"mexico-monthly-household-consumption-july-2026","language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/mexico-monthly-household-consumption-july-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/mexico-monthly-household-consumption-july-2026?lang=en","title":"Mexico private consumption was flat in July, INEGI says","summary":"Household consumption was unchanged month on month in July; the annual increase was 1.1%.","category":"economy","region":"world","topics":[],"published_at":"2026-10-06T20:26:23+03:00","modified_at":"2026-10-06T20:26:23+03:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","event_period":"2026-07","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","sources":[{"name":"Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI)","url":"https://www.inegi.org.mx/contenidos/saladeprensa/boletines/2026/imcp/imcpmi2026_10.pdf","publishedAt":"2026-10-05","checkedAt":"2026-10-06"}],"translations":[{"language":"tr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/tr/news/mexico-monthly-household-consumption-july-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/mexico-monthly-household-consumption-july-2026?lang=tr"},{"language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/mexico-monthly-household-consumption-july-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/mexico-monthly-household-consumption-july-2026?lang=en"},{"language":"ar","url":"https://haberpaper.com/ar/news/mexico-monthly-household-consumption-july-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/mexico-monthly-household-consumption-july-2026?lang=ar"},{"language":"fr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/fr/news/mexico-monthly-household-consumption-july-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/mexico-monthly-household-consumption-july-2026?lang=fr"},{"language":"es","url":"https://haberpaper.com/es/news/mexico-monthly-household-consumption-july-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/mexico-monthly-household-consumption-july-2026?lang=es"}],"data_types":[],"data":null,"data_compilations":[],"data_downloads":[],"content":{"paragraphs":["INEGI’s monthly private-consumption indicator for July 2026 showed that household spending on goods and services was unchanged from June in real, seasonally adjusted terms. The 2018=100 index stood at 113.2 points. In the year-on-year comparison, the indicator rose 1.1%. The institute said the estimates are preliminary and the results are updated each month.","Different movements lay beneath the total. Spending on imported goods increased 1.4% month on month, while consumption of domestic goods and services declined 0.1%. Domestic goods fell 0.2%, and services rose 0.2%. The flat overall index therefore does not mean households behaved the same way across all spending categories.","In the annual comparison, spending on imported goods was up 1.6% and consumption of domestic goods and services increased 1.0%. Domestic goods rose 1.4%, while services increased 0.6%. Annual rates compare July with July 2025; monthly rates compare it with June 2026. Those reference periods should be kept distinct.","In the original series, which is not seasonally adjusted, total private consumption rose 1.1% year on year in July. The cumulative increase from January through July was 2.0%. In the same table, domestic consumption was up 0.3% over the first seven months and imported consumption rose 8.1%. The cumulative increase for imported durable goods was 12.9%. These are annual comparisons without calendar and seasonal adjustment.","The IMCP tracks monthly household consumption spending in Mexico on both domestic and imported goods and services. INEGI says the indicator helps follow an important component of GDP on the demand side. It is published monthly back to 1993 as a 2018-based volume index. The measure follows the real movement in spending; it is not total nominal peso expenditure or the budget of a particular household.","INEGI’s methodology note says domestic components draw on services and manufacturing surveys as well as production and sales indicators, while foreign trade records inform the imported-goods component. Administrative information from companies and public entities is also used for some sectors. Because the seasonally adjusted main aggregates are calculated separately from their components, component rates may not sum exactly to the total. INEGI also notes that new information can update the series in later months.","The main message in the July data is that real total consumption neither rose nor fell during the month, while its components moved in different directions. Increased spending on imported goods, a decline in domestic goods and a modest rise in services balanced out in the total. This single monthly observation does not by itself explain changes in household income, prices or consumption preferences. Those causal questions require other data.","INEGI’s release calendar listed November 5, 2026 for the next monthly private-consumption update. That date does not change the July reference period; a new release will cover another month. The seasonally adjusted zero monthly change and the original series’ annual and cumulative rates are different statistical comparisons. Reporting them accurately requires identifying the series, period and preliminary status together."],"key_points":[],"sections":[]},"text":"Household consumption was unchanged month on month in July; the annual increase was 1.1%.\n\nINEGI’s monthly private-consumption indicator for July 2026 showed that household spending on goods and services was unchanged from June in real, seasonally adjusted terms. The 2018=100 index stood at 113.2 points. In the year-on-year comparison, the indicator rose 1.1%. The institute said the estimates are preliminary and the results are updated each month.\n\nDifferent movements lay beneath the total. Spending on imported goods increased 1.4% month on month, while consumption of domestic goods and services declined 0.1%. Domestic goods fell 0.2%, and services rose 0.2%. The flat overall index therefore does not mean households behaved the same way across all spending categories.\n\nIn the annual comparison, spending on imported goods was up 1.6% and consumption of domestic goods and services increased 1.0%. Domestic goods rose 1.4%, while services increased 0.6%. Annual rates compare July with July 2025; monthly rates compare it with June 2026. Those reference periods should be kept distinct.\n\nIn the original series, which is not seasonally adjusted, total private consumption rose 1.1% year on year in July. The cumulative increase from January through July was 2.0%. In the same table, domestic consumption was up 0.3% over the first seven months and imported consumption rose 8.1%. The cumulative increase for imported durable goods was 12.9%. These are annual comparisons without calendar and seasonal adjustment.\n\nThe IMCP tracks monthly household consumption spending in Mexico on both domestic and imported goods and services. INEGI says the indicator helps follow an important component of GDP on the demand side. It is published monthly back to 1993 as a 2018-based volume index. The measure follows the real movement in spending; it is not total nominal peso expenditure or the budget of a particular household.\n\nINEGI’s methodology note says domestic components draw on services and manufacturing surveys as well as production and sales indicators, while foreign trade records inform the imported-goods component. Administrative information from companies and public entities is also used for some sectors. Because the seasonally adjusted main aggregates are calculated separately from their components, component rates may not sum exactly to the total. INEGI also notes that new information can update the series in later months.\n\nThe main message in the July data is that real total consumption neither rose nor fell during the month, while its components moved in different directions. Increased spending on imported goods, a decline in domestic goods and a modest rise in services balanced out in the total. This single monthly observation does not by itself explain changes in household income, prices or consumption preferences. Those causal questions require other data.\n\nINEGI’s release calendar listed November 5, 2026 for the next monthly private-consumption update. That date does not change the July reference period; a new release will cover another month. The seasonally adjusted zero monthly change and the original series’ annual and cumulative rates are different statistical comparisons. Reporting them accurately requires identifying the series, period and preliminary status together.","corrections":[],"editorial_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"economy","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/economy-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic trading harbour with a cargo ship, containers and a bridge.","language":"en"},"section_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"economy","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/economy-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic trading harbour with a cargo ship, containers and a bridge.","language":"en"}}}