The peso was appreciated on Thursday for the fifth consecutive day, given a global decline of the dollar while investors assimilated a key inflation report in the United States.
The weight quoted in 18,5545 by units, with a gain of 0.20% compared to the Reuters reference price on Wednesday. In the last five sessions he added a return close to 1%.
The consumer price index rose 0.4%last month. In the 12 months after August, the CPI advanced 2.9%, the greatest increase since January. Economists surveyed by Reuters had predicted an increase of 0.3% and 2.9%, respectively.
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Weight advances after US inflation report
Another report showed that the initial applications of state unemployment subsidies increased by 27,000 in the week ended on September 6, for a de -stationalized figure of 263,000. The specialists expected the requests to be at 235,000.
After the data, the market continued to anticipate that the Federal Reserve will reduce interest rates next week.
In Mexico it was announced that industrial production fell in July against the previous month much more than expected, due to a contraction in all its sectors, with the exception of mining. At an interannual rate the activity of the industry also suffered a setback greater than expected.
With Reuters information.
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