Mexico’s economy up 1.8% y/y in January, preliminary estimate shows

(Reuters) – Mexico’s economy likely grew 1.8% in January 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 0.1%, the agency said.

(Reporting by Gabriel Araujo and Ricardo Figueroa, editing by Ed Osmond)