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Mexico remittances rise 3% in July for sixth straight month

Banxico data show six straight months of gains, but a stronger peso cut July's real value by 6.5%, squeezing household budgets.

By Andrés Calderón, Business and sports reporter · Mexico · Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Mexico pulled in US $5.571 billion in remittances in July 2026, a 3.0% rise from US $5.408 billion in July 2025, the Bank of Mexico reported September 1. It was the sixth consecutive month of annual growth, with the February–July streak averaging a 3.7% annual gain. Month-on-month, the figure climbed 1.8% from June.

July's total was the second-highest monthly number of 2026, trailing only May's US $5.625 billion. For the first seven months combined, Mexico received US $36.349 billion, up 3.1% from US $35.250 billion in the same stretch of 2025—the second-highest January–July total on record. Banxico counted 13.1 million individual transfer operations, with an average send of US $426, up from US $413 a year earlier.

The dollar figures tell only part of the story. Converted at the average FIX rate of 17.4607 pesos per dollar, July's inflow equaled 97.266 billion pesos—a 3.8% drop in peso terms versus July 2025. BBVA México's research unit put the real contraction at 6.5%, blaming the dollar's slide against the peso, with inflation adding more pressure.

Banco Base calculated the peso strengthened 6.58% annually in July and projected full-year 2026 remittance purchasing power could fall 9.81% versus 2025, a second straight annual decline in real value. That matters most to the roughly ten million Mexican households that depend on these transfers for rent, food, and school costs.

Over 99% of the January–July flows arrived via electronic transfer, Banxico said, underlining how digitized the corridor has become. Analysts will watch whether the peso holds its gains through year-end and deepens the purchasing-power gap.

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