The sharp rise in Turkish inflation last month supports our view that, while the central bank’s tightening cycle has probably run its course, interest rates will stay very high. In better news, March’s manufacturing PMI pointed to a further improvement in Turkey’s real economy. The PMI surveys suggest that manufacturing elsewhere in Emerging Europe held up well at the end of Q1.
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