Turkey’s higher-than-expected current account deficit figure for March provides further evidence that weak exports have almost entirely offset the benefit to the economy from lower oil prices. And the funding of the deficit remains a concern, with direct investment covering the smallest share of the external shortfall since the AK Party came to power. Elsewhere, the modest pick-up in Czech inflation last month should, at the margin, prompt the MPC to become a little less dovish.
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