Mexican economy up 1.1% y/y in December, preliminary estimate shows

(Reuters) – Mexico’s economy likely grew 1.1% in December compared with the same month a year earlier, a preliminary estimate from national statistics agency INEGI showed on Tuesday.

Compared with the previous month, the economy likely grew by 0.4%, the agency said.

(Reporting by Ricardo Figueroa and Natalia Siniawski; Editing by Gabriel Araujo)