Oct. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Mexico’s low interest rates and the peso’s depreciation are “favorable” for helping policy makers handle crisis, Miguel Messmacher, the Finance Ministry’s chief economist, said today in Mexico City.

Messmacher spoke today in Mexico City.

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