Bank of Mexico Transfers Excess Funds to Mexican Treasury
30 March 2017 - 5:27AM
Dow Jones News
By Anthony Harrup
MEXICO CITY -- The Bank of Mexico said Wednesday that it
transferred 321.7 billion pesos ($17.1 billion) to the federal
government in excess funds from its operations in 2016, which
resulted largely from the depreciation of the Mexican peso.
Any money that the Bank of Mexico has left over from its
operations is by law transferred to the treasury as extraordinary
revenue, since the central bank is a nonprofit institution.
The bank makes money on foreign reserves when the national
currency depreciates. The peso fell around 17% against the U.S.
dollar last year, while Mexico's foreign reserves ended the year at
$176.5 billion. Reserves are currently at $175 billion.
The central bank applies some of the money it makes to its
capital reserves and to protect against the opposite impact from
any appreciation of the peso.
The amount is above the 239 billion pesos that the central bank
transferred to the federal government in 2016, most of which was
used by the government to buy back debt and reduce planned
public-sector borrowing.
Write to Anthony Harrup at anthony.harrup@wsj.com
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