ING analysts Muhammet Mercan, Frantisek Taborsky and James Wilson say normalising liquidity and a lower effective funding rate have pushed market pricing closer to their Central Bank of Turkey rate view for 2026.
ING’s Muhammet Mercan notes the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye (CBRT) has normalised liquidity via weekly repo auctions, bringing effective funding costs down to the 37% policy rate.
ING’s Chris Turner notes the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye (CBRT) has restarted one-week repo operations, shifting funding back to the 37% policy rate from the 40% overnight lending rate after a prior effective 300bp hike.