Turkey’s financial markets have taken the US sanctions imposed yesterday in their stride, but the threat of harsher measures in the context of the country’s weak external position could result in a fresh sell-off in the coming days. This would act as a headwind to Turkey’s economy, raise the risk of severe strains emerging in the banking sector and temper the central bank’s appetite for further aggressive rate cuts.
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