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Mexican Peso plunges to three-day low ahead of Trump’s inauguration

Mexican Peso plunges to three-day low ahead of Trump’s inauguration

Business
Mexican Peso weakens amid US economic data releases and upcoming political events. Mexico's Gross Fixed Investment shows a slight October improvement, still below past highs. Fed Governor Waller suggests more aggressive rate cuts may depend on future economic data. The Mexican Peso (MXN) tumbled to a three-day low against the US Dollar (USD) as traders digested economic data released in the United States (US) and as financial markets prepared for US President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration next week. The USD/MXN trades at 20.80, gaining over 1.30%. Mexico’s economic docket in the week revealed that Gross Fixed Investment improved in October, coming at 0.1% MoM, up from a contraction of 0.7% in November’s data. Yet the figures reported by the Instituto Nacional de Estadistica Geog...