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JPMorgan Sees Imminent Turkey Rate Hike to 40%

LONDON, May 22 (Reuters) - Investment bank JPMorgan said on ​Friday that Turkey's central ‌bank was likely to hike its key ​interest rate to ​40% and could even ⁠do so before its ​next planned meeting ​in June following the latest bout of politically-driven market turbulence.

"Rising ​political risks come ​at an unhelpful time for ‌the ⁠lira," JPMorgan analysts said in a research note.

"We now expect the ​CBRT (Turkish ​central ⁠bank) to hike its one-week repo ​rate to 40%, ​from ⁠the current 37%, at the June 11 ⁠MPC ​meeting, or ​potentially earlier."

Reporting by Marc Jones, ​editing by Karin Strohecker

Source: Reuters


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