Turkish rebalancing: so far, so good but much further to go

February’s current account data show that the rebalancing of the Turkish economy is progressing more smoothly than we had feared. At its current rate of progress, it will still take another 18 months or so to bring the current account deficit onto a sustainable footing. This leaves a considerable period in which Turkey is vulnerable to a fresh deterioration in global risk appetite.

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