Turkey’s tightening cycle has further to run

Today’s interest rate hike by the Turkish central bank was just large enough to buy support for the lira, but we think further hikes in the key policy rates will, ultimately, be needed in the coming months. Moreover, there were worrying signs that the MPC is making the already-convoluted monetary policy setup even more complicated, which could backfire.

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