Markets Shocked – Shocked, I Tell You! – To Discover That When Erdogan Says Low Rates, Erdogan Means Low Rates
Dear markets: Berat Albayrakc is not your cool son-in-law.
Dear markets: Berat Albayrakc is not your cool son-in-law.
It’s back to lamenting the lira. When it became clear last month that Recep Tayyip
After years spent living in denial, emerging market watchers finally came around to the reality
Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan is ready to take his medicine. Don’t believe me? Just ask
The new week dawned with most of the developed world breathing a collective sigh of
Turkey careened into one of its regularly scheduled currency crises last month, when a laundry
“…a hugely damaging move.”
Rate cuts and plans for another cross-border incursion in Syria – this time against Assad’s forces.
Inflation jump drives real rates further into negative territory, while Erdogan “neutralizes” nearly three-dozen of Assad’s troops.
This is yet another manifestation of Trump’s behavior normalizing autocratic regimes.
“Such language would push Turkey exactly toward places that they don’t want it turn to”.
The Halkbank case seemingly went cold for five whole months…
Trump effectively blessed this in Osaka.
None of this sets a particularly upbeat tone.
“[I] don’t know why Erdogan does not just take the job himself”.
If you’re surprised, don’t be.
Meanwhile, from the Erdogan chronicles…
“If you are saying the opposite, you don’t know this business.”
“In case you were wondering whether the news is getting any better for Turkey, the answer is ‘no.'”
“You see what’s happening.”
It’s raining, it’s pouring…
“We told them that at least we have to see some goodwill.”
Just when you thought it was safe to jump back into the lira.
“They had to do something”.
“Turkey will not convert or seize FX deposits.”
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