Mexico CBG interview: Carstens stands by his rate cut

Mexico’s central bank surprised the market in June when it cut its base rate by 50 basis points. Euromoney’s central bank governor of the year in 2013 stresses that the credibility of the bank’s focus on inflation should not be doubted

Augustin Carstens, Mexico's central bank governor“Our main motivation was not to sacrifice our inflation objective to promote growth” 

The combination of all the governments reforms – driven by energy reform in particular – are expected to add 100 basis points to 150bp to Mexico’s GDP growth by the end of the current administration in 2018. The government’s expectations of $50.5 billion of FDI have been endorsed by a traditionally more conservative private sector and local industrial growth is expected to benefit as well.

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