Turkey Central Bank Says Rates Won't Be Cut Quickly After Pause
Turkey Central Bank Says Rates Won’t Be Cut Quickly After Pause Bloomberg 1/21/2021 Cagan Koc (Bloomberg) -- Turkey’s central bank left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 17% at the first monetary policy meeting of the year, pledging to keep it elevated for an “extended” period. The lira rose. The Monetary Policy Committee’s decision was in line with the forecasts of most analysts in a Bloomberg survey. The dissenters, including economists at Morgan Stanley and Societe Generale SA, had predicted an increase of 50 to 100 basis points. The committee “has deci...