One of the most important issues to uncover in economics is the relation between the macroeconomy and the structural properties of the economic system. Answering this question would shed light on the design of better policies that target micro and meso problems and have a desired effect at the macro level. We analyze the relation between the macroeconomy and the structural properties of an economic system applying input-output and network analyzes. In specific, we disaggregate the effect on production of a shock on final demand to study how this effect distributes among sectors and how it is associated to macroeconomic variables that are normally used as indicators for the performance of a country. Our approach to study the relation between the macroeconomy and the structural properties of an economic system is particularly useful to shed light on one of the major problems of the Mexican economy. It has been well documented in the literature that the manufacturing sector, and in particular products manufactured for exports, have not been playing a key role in promoting economic growth.