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MXN Proving Resilient Amid Broad Dollar Strength, Pemex Figures Due

MEXICO
  • The broad dollar strength following the FOMC press conference kept USDMXN well supported overnight, briefly breaching the year’s best levels above 20.80. However, despite a continuation of dollar buying and broad dollar indices up over 0.5% on Thursday, the Mexican peso trades resiliently and close to unchanged for the session against the greenback.
  • Trade balance data at the top of the hour:
    • Dec. Revised Trade Balance, est. $400,000, prior -$111.7m
  • Pemex to release December, full-year output and exports data.
  • President AMLO’s proposal to give control of Mexico’s electricity market to the state utility has scared away would-be green-energy investors at a rapid pace, the country’s wind and solar associations warn.
    • In addition to the $20 billion already invested in the country’s wind and solar sector, a further $10 billion will be required by 2024 to meet the country’s clean energy goals
    • But the pace of investment from international renewable-energy companies has slowed sharply while the power reform bill is debated in congress, putting Mexico behind in its push to transition away from dirtier fuels.

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