The gold price rally has inflated the Turkish central bank’s foreign assets by $30bn this year, strengthening Turkey’s external position but creating an illusion of progress in the rebalancing process underway. Higher gold prices are unlikely to materially affect Turkey’s current account deficit, but could generate positive wealth effects that support consumption and slow disinflation.
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