Mexico President Reaches Agreement With Companies to Maintain Basic Food Prices Reuters
go to original September 25, 2022

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gestures during a news conference at the National Palace in Mexico City. (Edgard Garrido/Reuters)

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday he had reached an agreement with companies to maintain prices of basic food items, as inflation continues to tick up.

It was a unanimous decision, he said during a regular news conference, without confirming the final number of companies involved but noting that they included producers and distributors of corn, chicken, eggs and beef.

The president said earlier this week that 20 companies would take part in the meeting and would target 24 basic food items.

Lopez Obrador added Friday he will announce new measures to tame inflation on Oct. 3, though he said he had ruled out unilateral price controls on food.

Mexican consumer prices rose more than expected during the first half of September, official data showed on Thursday, keeping inflation near a 22-year high.

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