The increment in short term interest rates have directly impacted in the rising of cost of traditional credit from banks to the real estate and construction industries, and there is a risk that new increments from the Federal Reserve will provoque a similar move in Mexico.

The increase in the reference rates from the FED in December 2015, 2016 and march of 2017, were joined by increments in Banco de Mexico interest rates, said Noemí Levy, finance specialist.

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