Mexican central banker says ‘it is clear’ economy is slowing

Mexican central banker says 'it is clear' economy is slowing

墨西哥央行行长表示“很明显”经济正在放缓

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexicos economy is slowing, Bank of Mexico deputy governor Jonathan Heath said on Friday after official data showed economic activity shrank in November and December.

墨西哥城（路透社）——墨西哥央行副行长乔纳森希思周五表示，墨西哥经济正在放缓，此前官方数据显示 11 月和 12 月经济活动萎缩。

Economic activity in Latin Americas second-largest economy slipped 0.4% in December from November and contracted 0.1% in November from October in seasonally-adjusted terms, according to a preliminary estimate from national statistics agency INEGI.

根据国家统计局 inegi 的初步估计，拉丁美洲第二大经济体的经济活动在 12 月较 11 月下滑 0.4%，11 月较 10 月收缩 0.1%，经季节性调整后。

“Assuming this is the case and that we dont have revisions to previous months or quarters, GDP in the fourth quarter will have grown 0.4%, representing a slowdown throughout the year,” Heath said on Twitter.

“假设情况确实如此，并且我们没有对前几个月或前几个季度进行修正，那么第四季度的 gdp 将增长 0.4%，这意味着全年经济放缓，”希思在推特上表示。

“It is clear that we are facing a slowdown in economic activity,” Heath said.

“很明显，我们正面临经济活动放缓，”希思说。

The data from INEGI also showed that economic activity likely grew by 2.7% in the 12 months through December and by 4.1% in the 12 months through November.

inegi 的数据还显示，在截至 12 月的 12 个月中，经济活动可能增长 2.7%，在截至 11 月的 12 个月中，经济活动可能增长 4.1%。

(Reporting by Anthony Esposito; Editing by Steven Grattan and Paul Simao)

（anthony esposito 报道；steven grattan 和 paul simao 编辑）