Turkey’s central bank unexpectedly raised its key policy rate by 500bp at today’s meeting, to 50.00%, and its hawkish communications leave open the possibility of another rate hike in April. With the potential for a faster pace of lira depreciation after the local elections at the end of this month and the recent run of strong inflation figures likely to continue, we now expect at least a 250bp hike next month too.
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