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BofA Recommends Two-Year Inflation Breakevens

MEXICO
  • Bank of America says that the market is underestimating inflation risks in Mexico and expects inflation to remain well above target over the next two years, with the headline rate staying above 5% this year, according to Bloomberg. Given this view, they recommend buying two-year inflation breakevens in the country.
  • BofA analysts note that the combination of shocks to non-core inflation and recent pressure on the exchange rate against a backdrop of unanchored inflation expectations and sticky services inflation makes the convergence of inflation to target challenging. In addition, they note that a dovish surprise from Banxico later could result in a repricing of inflation expectations.
  • As a reminder, Banxico will make its interest rate announcement at 2000BST(1500ET), with the decision looking to be finely balanced. A very narrow majority on the Bloomberg survey (15/29 analysts) expects a 25bp cut to 10.75%, with the rest forecasting no change. The decision comes after slightly-higher-than-expected CPI data earlier, but amidst a continued recovery in the peso today, with USDMXN now broadly unchanged on the week.

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