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Mexican president leaks news of central bank’s rate hike

López Obrador reveals 50bp rise hours before monetary policy announcement

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The Bank of Mexico

Mexico’s president Andrés Manuel López Obrador told an early morning press conference that the central bank would hike rates, pre-empting the official announcement.

The Bank of Mexico board had moved its monetary policy meeting up a day to March 23, to avoid conflicting with a banking industry convention in Acapulco. However, the board had only planned to announce its decision at 1pm local time on March 24, or 7pm UTC.

There is a long history of tension between López Obrador and the central

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