Turkey’s headline inflation rate recorded another sharp increase to 70.0% y/y in April and there’s a strong chance that it moves beyond its peak in the early 2000s in the coming months. Despite this inflation backdrop, a widening current account deficit and more aggressive tightening by the Fed, there is no sign that Turkey’s central bank is about to hike interest rates.
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