Economists consulted by Expansion They agreed that it is an unusual or unusual event, although they ruled out that behind there is a negative reason.
“I want to think that you owe more than anything to a technical issue outside control, because in the end the difference is only two days,” said Alfredo Coutiño, director of Latin America for Moody’s Analytics.
However, the economist regretted that Banxico’s statement “suffers from an explanation in this regard, so the door to speculation is left open.”
Expansion sought Banco de México to know the reasons for this change but did not get an answer. The quarterly report was scheduled for Wednesday, August 27 and He postponed for Friday, August 29.
Paulina Anciola, deputy director of Economic Studies in Banamex, pointed out that on August 25, a century of which the Law of the Bank of Mexico was established. September 1, 1925 was the official inauguration of the Bank of Mexico.
“Surely there will be events related to that issue during the week and maybe that’s why the publication was postponed,” he said.
On September 4, the ITAM will celebrate an event on the occasion of the Centenary of Banxico. It is planned to bring together the former governors of the Central Bank as: Miguel Mancera, Guillermo Ortiz and Alejandro Díaz de León; The presence of Agustín Carstens – who last July left his position at the Bank of International Payments – has not been confirmed.
What to expect from the quarterly report of Banxico?
Gabriela Siller, chief economist of Banco Base, said that this quarterly report Banxico will raise its growth forecasts for this year’s GDP.
Last May, Banxico predicted that the economy would have a growth of 0.1% and 1.8% by 2026.
“With the data published so far, we reviewed our growth estimate of 0.3% to 0.5% (for this year),” said Janneth Quiroz, director of Economic Analysis at Monex.
After the latest data available, Banamex estimates that Mexico’s growth will be 0.4%.
