Little hope of swift change in Turkey’s FX policies

Turkey’s FX strategy might look odd but, despite the damage it is wreaking on the lira, analysts doubt that the country’s economic policies will change.

A belated sense of realism appeared to be in evidence in Ankara this week when the Central Bank of Turkey (CBRT) raised its inflation forecasts to 12.1% for the end of this year and 9.4% for the end of 2021.

“Whether inflation falls below 10% next year clearly depends on the external backdrop, the global recovery and FX,” says Deutsche Bank emerging markets strategist Christian Wietoska. “But 9.4% is much more realistic than the CBRT’s previous forecast or our initial expectations of an increase in the forecast to 8%.”

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