Elizabeth Holmes reports on the presidential race.

As part of the debut of John McCain’s new message machine following a staff shake-up, the campaign will focus next week on the economy, with an emphasis on job creation.

The Republican candidate will not announce new proposals, said a top aide, but rather repackage his current ideas to clarify his message. He’ll talk about tax cuts, health care and government reform through some of the more economically depressed states, including Michigan and Ohio.

The theme comes amid the latest job report, revealing that nonfarm U.S. payrolls fell by 62,000 jobs in June—the sixth consecutive month of decline. (For more on the jobs report, check out WSJ’s Real Time Economics blog.)

“To get our economy back on track, we must enact a jobs-first economic plan that supports job creation, provide immediate tax relief for families, enact a plan to help those facing foreclosure, lower health care costs, invest in innovation, move toward strategic energy independence and open more foreign markets to our goods,” McCain said in a statement.

McCain weighed in from Mexico, where he met with President Calderon and had lunch with the American Chamber of Commerce in Mexico. Afterwards, he expressed his support for the North American Free Trade Agreement.

“Trade between Mexico and the United States expanded enormously, and U.S. exports to Mexico have increased 25 percent since 2004,” McCain said.

He acknowledged the challenges facing the U.S. economy, and reiterated his plan to use energy alternatives to boost the economy. “I believe the green technologies in the United States of America will create millions of jobs, if not hundreds of thousands. I believe that green technologies — whether it be nuclear power or hybrid cars, or battery-driven cars, or wind and solar or tide – are directly the factor that will improve America’s economy and get us on our feet again,” McCain said.