* Mexico’s central bank (Banxico) has announced that remittances to Mexico totalled US$5.57bn in June 2023, an 8.3% increase year-on-year. In the first six months of 2023, remittances totalled US$30.24bn, a 9.9% increase on the US$27.52bn received in the same period last year. In the last twelve months (July 2022- June 2023), the cumulative income from remittances amounted to US$61.23bn. Remittances continue to be on track to surpass the record US$58.49bn received last year.
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