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Bucking expectations, Banxico lowers the interest rate, despite some inflation concerns

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Bucking expectations, Banxico lowers the interest rate, despite some inflation concerns

Mexico's central bank (Banxico) lowered its benchmark interest rate 25 basis points to 6.25%, surprising analysts.

Directly affected

  • No company is named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • EWW iShares MSCI Mexico ETF-0.1% 7d

    iShares MSCI Mexico ETF holds stocks listed in Mexico, which this story is about (“mexico”).

  • CEW WisdomTree Emerging Currency Strategy Fund

    WisdomTree Emerging Currency Strategy Fund holds emerging-market currencies, which move on news like this from Mexico.

  • EMB iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF-2.3% 7d

    iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF holds emerging-market government bonds, which react to inflation and interest-rate news like this one in Mexico

  • EMLC VanEck J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF-2.9% 30d

    VanEck J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF holds emerging-market bonds in local currencies, which move with rate and currency news like this from Mexico.

  • EEM iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF-1.9% 18d

    iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF is a broad fund of emerging-market stocks that includes Mexico

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Closing-price change versus T-1, the last close before the story. T0 to T+3 fill in after each market close. Prices: Alpaca IEX.

Bucking expectations, Banxico lowers the interest rate, despite some inflation concerns Mexico News Daily

Source: Mexico News Daily

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