Exclusive - Mexico election front-runner wants new blood for cenbank: adviser


Carlos Urzua, the mian Mexican leftist Lopez Obrador says will be his finance minister, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Mexico City, Mexico June 5, 2018. REUTERS/Henry Romero

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The front-runner to win the Mexican presidency, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, would aim to bring "fresh blood" to the central bank's board as members' terms expire if he wins election on July 1, one of his top economic advisers said.

Carlos Urzua, the leftist Lopez Obrador's pick for finance minister, said it was important to bring new perspectives onto the board of the Bank of Mexico, while rejecting the idea of altering the central bank's focus on price stability.

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