Mexico continues tightening with 50bp hike

Central bank shadows Fed as it confronts ambivalent inflation figures

The Bank of Mexico
The Bank of Mexico
Daniel Hinge

The Bank of Mexico continued its programme of rate hikes with a 50 basis point increase on December 15, bringing the policy rate to 10.5%.

Four of the central bank’s five-member board voted for the 50bp hike, while deputy governor Gerardo Esquivel favoured a 25bp increase. The decision marks the thirteenth consecutive hike in 18 months. The rate was 4% at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The decision mirrored the Federal Open Market Committee’s 50bp increase to the US fed funds rate

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