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Turkey: rates on hold as inflation concerns grow

Turkey’s central bank kept interest rates on hold today and it’s clear from the accompanying statement that inflation concerns are preventing further easing. We think that rates will now be left on hold for the next couple of years. But given high rates of inflation as well as lingering threat of renewed falls in the lira, the risks are skewed towards tighter policy.

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