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What would ECB rate hikes mean for Emerging Europe?

The likelihood that the ECB will raise interest rates next month increases the chances that central banks in Emerging Europe will tighten monetary policy too. But even so, we do not expect to see a stampede to raise interest rates. Indeed, of all the countries in the region it is Turkey – where the implications of ECB tightening are less obvious – that is likely to hike interest rates most aggressively this year.

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