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Mexican economy set for extended period of slow growth

Data released this afternoon show that the Mexican economy registered decent growth in the first half of this year. Nevertheless, with the news from the US going from bad to worse, and domestic demand unlikely to fully take up the slack, we think that the Mexican economy will disappoint over the coming years. Accordingly, we expect interest rates to remain on hold at 4.5% until 2013.

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