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Food prices drive Mexican inflation higher

While Mexican inflation has risen in recent months, the increase appears to have been due to higher food prices and not the sharp depreciation of the peso. With the economy set to slow this year, and food inflation likely to fall back, we continue to expect interest rates to be cut to 4.0% by mid-year.

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