The fall in Mexico’s headline inflation rate to an 18-month low of 6.2%y/y in the first half of April was broad-based and will provide some comfort to officials at Banxico that price pressures are subsiding. While these figures mean that another 25bp interest rate hike at the next Banxico meeting no longer looks nailed on, we still think this final increase in the policy rate is more likely than not.
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