The larger-than-expected rise in Mexico’s headline inflation rate to 4.7% y/y in December was mainly due to higher non-core inflation but, even so, the odds of Banxico beginning an easing cycle at its next meeting in February are lengthening. When rate cuts do begin, we think that monetary loosening will proceed more gradually than most anticipate.
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