LatinNews Regional Monitor: Mexico - 31 March 2020

On 30 March the Mexican government led by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador declared a health emergency in the face of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, and extended the suspension of non-essential activities in the public, private, and social sectors in an attempt to contain its spread.... Read More

* Mexico’s central bank (Banxico) has announced that it will hold the first auction for up to US$5bn in the local currency market on 1 April as part of a US$60bn swap mechanism established with the US Federal Reserve (Fed) on 19 March to ensure the supply the of US dollars.... Read More