The decision by the Central Bank of Turkey to raise its overnight borrowing rate and cut its benchmark 7-day repo rate could do more harm than good: the rise in the overnight rate risks attracting short-term capital inflows, which could eventually prove to be destabilising, while the cut in the benchmark repo rate is unlikely to achieve the stated aim of stimulating growth without stoking a nascent credit bubble.
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