Hopeful Wait for Disinflation Continues

TURKEY - Report 23 Jul 2015 by Murat Ucer

The Monetary Policy Committee left all key short-term rates unchanged as expected today – one-week repo rate at 7.5% and the O/N lending and borrowing rates at 10.75% and 7.25%, respectively (see chart). The content of the statement is exactly the same with the previous one except for one minor modification on food prices (amended by energy prices). Specifically, the following sentence in the previous statement: “Inflation is expected to decline in the short term owing to a partial correction in food prices”, has now been replaced by “food and energy price developments affect inflation favo...

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