The further rise in Czech inflation (both headline and core) last month is, with the koruna cap now at an end, likely to shift attention to the timing of the first interest rate hike. For our part, we think these are likely to occur in 2018. Elsewhere, weakerthan-expected Turkish industrial production in February was probably a blip. But the data highlight that the economic recovery is likely to be uneven.
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