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Turkey CPI (Aug.) Headline rate

The rise in Turkish inflation, to 7.1% y/y last month, provided the first hard evidence that the latest fall in the lira has started to push up price pressures. We expect inflation to rise further over the next six months and, against this backdrop, it will become increasingly difficult for the central bank to resist interest rate hikes.

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