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Goldman Sachs on the Potential Shift in Turkey’s MonPol Landscape

TURKEY
  • The opposition has stated that reshuffling the Central Bank leadership would be at the top of its agenda should they gain power, and Goldman Sachs expect that Kilicdaroglu would announce and appoint a new Central Bank governor with a new MPC board within the same week of taking office.
  • Accordingly, Goldman Sachs would expect a sharp rise in rates from +8.50% to a rate above the current momentum of inflation.
  • Goldman Sachs think that the policy rate is likely to stay unchanged should the incumbent government win the election with a shift in policy approach unlikely.
  • The transition to a new policy paradigm implies some risk in the short term. The CBRT and the Treasury have taken on sizable net FX risk through measures that were designed to limit TRY depreciation, amounting to more than $140bln (more than 15% of GDP) worth of short term instruments. Phasing out these instruments would require local investors to dedollarise or large foreign inflows if this is not to put undue pressure on TRY.
  • Should the opposition win, Goldman Sachs think a sharp up-front TRY depreciation after political uncertainty is reduced is unlikely. The removal of the macroprudential regulations, which are likely FX negative on impact, could only be phased in over time and would likely to lead to some depreciation.

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