MPC: Words vs. actions, redux

TURKEY - Report 21 Jan 2021 by Murat Ucer

At today’s meeting, the Monetary Policy Committee/CBRT left the policy rate unchanged, at 17%, in line with the consensus expectation (see chart). The Bank tried to balance this inaction with more “hawkish” amendments to the MPC statement, which, along with a stronger emphasis on the difficult inflation dynamics, explicitly included the phrases, “extended period” as well as “additional monetary tightening”, regarding the monetary policy stance.

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