The Bank of Mexico shocked the market with a big interest rate hike - and the peso is soaring
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In response, the peso has soared against the dollar. It was stronger by 1.29% leap to 18.253 per dollar as of 2:27 p.m. ET.
The Bank said that despite weakness in the global economy and the recent exit of the UK from the European Union, the bank said in a statement that in order to keep inflation expectations anchored lower it felt it needed to hike its rate.
The bank, nicknamed Banxico, began hiking rates in December and hiked again in February.
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