Mexico's annual inflation picked up slightly in December to the fastest pace in two years, data showed on Monday, boosting chances the central bank will raise interest rates again to offset a weaker peso.
Consumer prices MXCPIA=ECI rose 3.36 percent from December 2015, national statistics agency INEGI said on Monday, the highest rate since December 2014, and topping the central bank's 3 percent target.
The figure was below the 3.40 percent analysts forecast in a Reuters poll and up from the 3.31 percent reached in November.
Consumer prices could be fanned further by a . . .
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