Bank of Mexico
July 31, 2015
Mexico’s main central bank interest rate has been kept at 3.0% after another policy meeting. Such was cut from 8.25% to 4.25% in the first seven months of 2009 and the rest of the way to the current level between March 2013 and June 2014. Inflation has fallen to a 45-year low somewhat below the target of 3.0%, and growth has slowed to a crawl under the weight of the plunge in global oil prices. The falling peso, down a bit over 20% in the last year, is a major concern. While the interest rate was left as is, measures are being taken to blunt peso depreciation, but analysts do not expect these steps to do much. Mexico has a fiscal and a current account deficit. Once Fed tightening begins, the Bank of Mexico may have no choice but to follow suit.
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