The decline in Turkish inflation in December, to 11.9% y/y, from 13.0% y/y in November, will take some pressure off the central bank to follow up last month’s interest rate hike with further tightening. Even so, with headline inflation likely to remain far above the Bank’s inflation target, the MPC will need to keep interest rates high over the course of this year.
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