How would Mexican policymakers respond to a Trump victory?

If Donald Trump prevails in tomorrow’s US presidential election, our sense is that Mexican policymakers’ initial response would be to hike interest rates by 100-200bp at an emergency central bank meeting in an effort to support the peso. This may also be accompanied by direct intervention in currency markets and small cuts to government spending.

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