MeritKapital Newsletter`
November 12, 2018The Turkish lira fell for a fourth day vs USD, it lost 0.6% on Friday and reached 5.4925 per USD level. Today the Turkish central bank published the current-account figures…
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November 9, 2018The Turkish lira slipped against the USD for the third day in an environment of a risk-off sentiment and the uncertainty prior to the FED meeting. The Lira lost 1.8%…
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November 8, 2018On Wednesday Turkey issued EUR 1.5 bn of new 8Y euro-denominated bond with final yield set at 5.25%, the book was oversubscribed three times. Despite the strong books the issue…
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November 7, 2018The Turkish lira weakened by 0.8% on Tuesday while the lira`s CPI-based real effective exchange rate rose for the first time in 9 months according to the Central Bank of…
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November 6, 2018The inflation statistics issued yesterday in Turkey was a bit higher than expected, it rose above 25% in October (increase of 2.67% MoM in October). However, some analysts believe that…
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November 1, 2018The Turkish Finance Minister Mr. Albayrak announced a round of tax cuts on Wednesday which would be applicable to cars, white goods, furniture etc. The lira spiked immediately after the…
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October 31, 2018Today the Central Bank of Turkey will publish the Q3 inflation report. Local investors are also waiting for the central bank comments – if the bank changed its expectations or…
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October 30, 2018The Turkish lira is rising for a fifth day, yesterday it gained 0.6% to 5.5611 per USD, extending an almost 10% rally this month. It touched its two-month low at…
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October 29, 2018The Turkish lira strengthened by 0.75% on Friday (currently trading at 5.58 per USD), it gained the most among the EM peers after the CBRT left the rate unchanged on…