Mexico hiked interest rates last month by 50 basis points to 5.25 percent after Donald Trump's surprise victory in the U.S. presidential election drove the peso to a record low due to concerns Trump could curtail trade with Mexico.
"We prefer to move with prudence and be cautious," Carstens told local radio. "We are looking for a balance, we don't want to be behind the curve, but neither do we want to get ahead of ourselves and shoot without knowing what we are shooting at." (Reporting by Enrique Andres Pretel)