Mexico’s headline inflation slowed more than expected in early September, likely giving Banco de Mexico room to cut borrowing costs for a second straight month at Thursday’s interest rate meeting.

Mexico's annual inflation likely continued to moderate in the first half of September, a Reuters poll of analysts showed on Monday, raising expectations the central bank will cut its benchmark interest rate again in its announcement this week.

Mexico’s headline inflation slowed more than expected in early September, giving Banco de Mexico room to cut borrowing costs for a second straight month at this week’s interest rate meeting.

Mexico's annual inflation slowed more than expected in the first half of September, official data showed on Tuesday, paving the way for the country's central bank to deliver another interest rate cut at a meeting later this week.