Turkey hikes, Czech rates in focus, Hungary in trouble

The aggressive interest rate hike in Turkey on Thursday has soothed the markets, but President Erdogan’s comments today reinforce our fears that he will put pressure on the central bank to reverse course. Meanwhile, comments from the Czech National Bank mean that we have brought forward our expectation for the next rate hike to this month’s MPC meeting (previously November).

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