A man sells corn grains at a public market in Ozumba de Alzate, State of Mexico, Mexico, May 24, 2022.
Headline inflation in Latin America's second-largest economy hit 4.44% in the 12 months through early September, down from 4.64% at the end of August, data from statistics agency INEGI showed.
If not, we're talking about the Bank of Mexico standing on just one foot," the president told a press conference.
It warned that it would be necessary to maintain it for an "extended" period to meet its inflation target of 3%, plus or minus one percentage point.
Mexico's economy grew 0.2% in July from June and expanded 3.2% from the same month a year before, the national statistics agency said earlier on Friday.
Persons:
Edgard Garrido, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Banxico, Lopez Obrador, Peter Frontini, Raul Cortes Fernandez, Brendan O'Boyle, Natalia Siniawski, Alistair Bell
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REUTERS, Reuters, Bank of, Thomson
Locations:
Ozumba de Alzate, State, Mexico, Bank of Mexico