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Turkey GDP (Q1 2017)

The much sharper-than-expected increase in Turkish GDP in Q1, of 5.0% y/y, has prompted us to revise up our GDP growth forecast for the year as a whole to 4.3%. At the margin, today’s figures make it more likely that the central bank will resist pressure from the government to lower interest rates.

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