Agustin Carstens, the governor of the Mexican central financial institution has been an enormous supply of MXN volatility right now. His touch upon inflation spike being momentary, method earlier than the American session began, was interpreted as dovish – signaling reluctance to lift charges from the place they stand. Because the information filtered via USDMXN began to maneuver larger.

Then got here tha CPI bi-weekly launch with a stronger than anticipated print of 5.29% (up from 5.02), the best since 2009. 

Mexican inflation surged on large depreciation of MXN when Donald Trump gained elections; supply: Bloomberg

When Carstens had a second alternative to touch upon inflation he selected phrases extra fastidiously and mentioned that Banxico nonetheless has some margin to proceed adjusting rates of interest. He additionally acknowledged that MXN is undervalued by 10% (informed when USDMXN was  round 19,00), and would nonetheless be thought-about undervalued even when the entire US-Mexico situation was taken into consideration in addition to native macro fundamentals.

The appreciation of the Mexican peso continues, the present ranges have additionally been seen round June final 12 months, when the victory by Trump was had a marginal chance;