Although Turkish GDP growth slowed sharply to 0.4% q/q in Q4, growth appears increasingly unbalanced, with consumer spending and imports strong, while exports fell. Taken together with the rise in oil prices on the back of developments in Iran, this raises the risk of a more marked widening of the current account deficit and a slowdown in the pace of the central bank’s easing cycle.
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