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USD-TRY likely at 2.75 levels by year-end

Turkish currency is the one of the best performances around Emerging Market over the past month. Turkish lira gained 3.6% against the USD; in combination with the RUB's near-4% loss over the same period, this was evidently a function of developments surrounding Iran and the oil price. 

However, according to Commerzbank, the lira's performance was helped by 

  • 1) Turkey's own domestic politics being on the sidelines through this period

  • 2) Fed rate fears moderated somewhat because of softer US data and Greek developments
Commerzbank states, "Assuming that a September Fed rate hike occurs, and a newly established coalition government goes through its teething problems, we see upward pressure return to USD-TRY; CBT is eventually expected to respond with 150bps of rate hikes before year-end. If our view proves correct, it should be reflected in overshooting of USD-TRY in the interim, but stabilisation at 2.75 levels by year-end."

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