“The CBRT has today announced the suspension of the one-week repo auctions due to “developments in financial markets.” This is the first time since 14 September 2018 that 1w repo auctions are suspended,” noted TD Securities analysts.
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“The CBRT has not disclosed why, but we believe this is entirely dictated by the strongly adverse moves of USDTRY in the past few days. TRY is -2.9% vs USD today and -5.1% since the start of March.”
“We believe it is particularly alarming for the CBRT that USDTRY has continued to nudge higher despite a period of relative market calm and state-owned banks trying to keep the pair anchored.”
“The move may be surprising for the market. It implies rate cuts of approx. 600bps in 2019, and 1000bps by end-2020. However, we are not surprised. We continue to forecast a 400bps increase in rates in Turkey this year, on the back of sharp lira depreciation to 8.90 by end-Q3 as we continue to hold a very bearish view on Turkey.”
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