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MNI CBRT Preview - February 2022: CBRT In Wait & See Mode as Inflation Skyrockets

Turkey Central Bank
Turkey Central Bank

Executive Summary

  • CBRT is expected to leave its one-week repo unchanged at 14.00% - in line with the broad market consensus.
  • Authorities continue to favour the use of non-standard policy tools over rate hikes to keep FX volatility low, encourage de-dollarisation and support the rebuilding of reserves through tweaks to the FX-linked deposit scheme.
  • Policy is likely to become more challenging towards the start of 2H22 as inflation headwinds continue to amplify socio-political pressures on the ground ahead of 2023 elections.

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Analysts remain divided over the possibility and potential timing of a policy U-turn in 2022, with Erdogan staying resolute in his promises to favour non-standard fiscal/monetary measures to deliver lira stability over hiking policy rates. For now, the expectation is for policy to remain on hold to accumulate reserves via the FX-linked deposit scheme until the government is forced into some form of policy action by rising inflation and a weaker lira going into the start of 2H22. This informs the base case for a relatively uneventful meeting this week, with a more challenging policy in the pipeline.

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