Free Trial

Official FX Reserve Balance Continues to Improve, Allaying Investor Concerns (1/2)

TURKEY
  • The CBRT's weekly reserves update shows the gross FX reserves balance increased by $873mln to $75.1bln in the week to Aug 11. Reserves have been steadily increasing since the beginning of May and have erased the sharp drawdown across Q1 and Q2, covering both the February earthquake and the lead-up to the Presidential elections.
  • The subsequent shoring of reserves under the new CBRT/Treasury administrations have put the balance back to levels last seen in February - allaying investor concerns of dwindling policy options at the CBRT. Rising reserves coincide with the improvement in the current account balance, which swung to the first surplus since late '21 in June.

To read the full story

Close

Why MNI

MNI is the leading provider

of intelligence and analysis on the Global Fixed Income, Foreign Exchange and Energy markets. We use an innovative combination of real-time analysis, deep fundamental research and journalism to provide unique and actionable insights for traders and investors. Our "All signal, no noise" approach drives an intelligence service that is succinct and timely, which is highly regarded by our time constrained client base.

Our Head Office is in London with offices in Chicago, Washington and Beijing, as well as an on the ground presence in other major financial centres across the world.