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MNI Banxico Review – Dec 2023: Relatively Hawkish Tilt

MNI Banxico Review - December 2023

MNI Banxico Review - December 2023

Executive Summary

  • Banxico’s governing board decided to keep the overnight rate unchanged at 11.25%, in a unanimous decision. The committee retained the prior guidance noting "it considers that, in order to achieve an orderly and sustained convergence of headline inflation to the 3% target, the reference rate must be maintained at its current level for some time."
  • The notable development was the higher adjustments for both headline and core inflation throughout 2024, indicating the committee sees a slower disinflationary process than it did in November.
  • The unchanged guidance and increase to the inflation forecasts have prompted many sell side analysts to reduce their probability of a rate cut at the first meeting in 2024 (February), although the majority do not rule it out.
  • In the immediate aftermath of the decision, both hawkish aspects lent support to the peso with USDMXN trading from around 17.33 to around 17.15.

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The complete set of revised inflation forecasts were set out in the following table within the statement:

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