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Banorte Chief Economist Favors Tightening Cycle in 2021

MEXICO
  • Banorte Chief Economist Gabriel Cassilas spoke in a conference today and said that Banxico will have to start a tightening cycle in 2021.
  • As a reminder, Banxico cut its benchmark rate by 25bps to 4% this year despite the expected rise in inflationary pressures (April Inflation rose to 6.1%).
  • Casillas also said that economic growth is expected to reach 5.9% in 2021.
  • The uncertainty associated to Covid19 has been weighing on the tourism and food sectors and therefore keeps delaying the recovery.

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