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Bank of Mexico Banco de México
Headquarters	Mexico City, Mexico
Established	September 1, 1925
Governor	Guillermo Ortiz Martínez
Central Bank of	Mexico
Currency	Mexican peso
ISO 4217 Code	MXN
Base borrowing rate	8.25
Website	banxico.org

The Bank of Mexico (Spanish: Banco de México), abbreviated BdeM or Banxico, is Mexico's central bank and lender of last resort. The Bank of Mexico is autonomous in exercising its functions, and its main objective is to achieve stability in the purchasing power of the national currency. Its current governor is Guillermo Ortiz Martínez, who was appointed in 1998.

History

September 1, 1925 : creation of the Bank.
July 1931 : Ley Monetaria constituted.
1935: silver crisis (important increase of the silver price)

External links

(Spanish)/(English) Official site of Banco de México

Central banks

Global

Bank for International Settlements · Financial Stability Forum · Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

By continent

Africa	National Bank of Ethiopia · Central Bank of Libya · Bank Al-Maghrib (Morocco) · Central Bank of Nigeria · Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe

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Europe	European Central Bank (European Union) · Bank of Albania · Bulgarian National Bank · Croatian National Bank · Czech National Bank · Bank of England · Hungarian National Bank · Central Bank of Kosovo · Polish National Bank · National Bank of Romania · Central Bank of Russia · Central Bank of Montenegro · National Bank of Serbia · Swiss National Bank · Central Bank of Turkey

Policies and implementation

Policies	Expansionary monetary policy · Contractionary monetary policy · Capital requirement

Implementation	Open market operations · Capital control · Discount rate · Money creation · Interest rates · Sovereign wealth fund

Bretton Woods system

World Bank · International Monetary Fund · International Bank for Reconstruction and Development · International Finance Corporation · International Development Association · Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency · International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes

List of central banks

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Bank of Mexico

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