MEXICO CITY: Mexico's central bank on Thursday (Friday in Manila) raised its benchmark interest rate for an eighth consecutive time to try to cool inflation that has hit the highest level in two decades.
The governing board decided to increase the interbank rate by half a percentage point, to 7.0 percent, the Bank of Mexico said, with one member favoring a three-quarters of a percentage point hike.
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