Steps taken this week by Turkish officials to shore up the lira could be the first move towards the imposition of capital controls, but if anything these are likely to store up larger falls in the currency. Elsewhere, comments this week from the Russian central bank support our view that policymakers will cut interest rates at June’s meeting.
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