Mexico's peso slumped to a three-month low on Wednesday, with the speed of its recent tumble sparking speculation the central bank could soon intervene to try and cushion the currency's fall.
The peso sank as much as 0.9 percent to 18.4510 per dollar, its weakest since February. The peso has lost nearly 7 percent this month, making it the second worst performer among the world's 36 most-traded currencies, behind the South African rand.
A prominent group of Mexican economists on Tuesday said the peso was under a speculative attack, and analysts said the . . .
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