# Mexico’s peso slump leaves currency experts unnerved as Trump uncertainty takes hold

> The Mexican peso fell further on Thursday, leaving currency analysts uneasy about its near-term direction. Trump's administration floated a tax on Mexican imports to fund a border wall and signed an order to start construction.

- Date: 2017-01-27 · published 2017-01-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Mexico · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73201-mexico-s-peso-slump-leaves-currency-experts-unnerved-as-trump-uncertainty-takes
- Commodities: [Mexican Peso (MXN per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDMXN.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Heightened risk of US tariffs on Mexican goods threatens the trade flows that sustain US grain and feed exports to Mexico, and a weaker peso raises Mexican buyers' costs for dollar-priced feed.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼
- USDMXN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-08-26 | [Uncertainty surrounds Mexico’s decree banning GM corn \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40006-uncertainty-surrounds-mexico-s-decree-banning-gm-corn-world-grain.md) | +0.5% | +2.0% |
| CORN | 2025-02-26 | [Grains and Cattle End Lower: What’s Pressuring Markets Beyond Tariff Uncertainty?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6194-grains-and-cattle-end-lower-what-s-pressuring-markets-beyond-tariff-uncertainty.md) | -6.0% | -0.4% |
| CORN | 2023-12-12 | [Argentina Sharply Devalues Its Peso Currency to Tame Inflation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32998-argentina-sharply-devalues-its-peso-currency-to-tame-inflation.md) | +1.9% | +0.1% |
| CORN | 2022-08-15 | [US Grain Exports to Mexico May Get Tougher \| Hoosier Ag Today](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40008-us-grain-exports-to-mexico-may-get-tougher-hoosier-ag-today.md) | -1.1% | -0.5% |
| CORN | 2021-01-11 | [What Does Mexico’s GM Corn Ban Mean for U.S. Producers? – The Van Trump Report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49128-what-does-mexico-s-gm-corn-ban-mean-for-u-s-producers-the-van-trump-report.md) | +6.3% | +12.8% |
| SBM | 2023-12-12 | [Argentina Sharply Devalues Its Peso Currency to Tame Inflation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32998-argentina-sharply-devalues-its-peso-currency-to-tame-inflation.md) | -3.3% | -11.7% |
| SBM | 2026-01-30 | [Biofuels policy uncertainty continues to pressure soybean demand and prices - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15056-biofuels-policy-uncertainty-continues-to-pressure-soybean-demand-and-prices.md) | +2.0% | +8.8% |
| SBM | 2026-08-01 | [Trump biofuel goals hit reality as US plants lag](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15008-trump-biofuel-goals-hit-reality-as-us-plants-lag.md) | -0.8% | +8.2% |

## Sources

- cnbc.com: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/27/mexicos-peso-slump-leaves-currency-experts-unnerved-as-trump-uncertainty-takes-hold.html

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