Peso Does About-Turn After Banxico Increases Support to Control Steep Dive
Mexico News Daily
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August 3, 2015
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The peso shot up 1% Friday to 16.1088 to the U.S. dollar after the Bank of México announced it would increase its daily dollar sales and auctions to buy more pesos.

It was the strongest the peso has been since May 14; on Thursday it had dropped to 16.81 to the dollar.

The central bank upped its daily sales of pesos and its extraordinary auctions from US $52 million to $200 million, and suggested there might be an increase in its interest rate.

Most analysts seemed to think the strategy was the most appropriate.

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