
- Turkish Central Bank Governor Fatih Karahan has ruled out resuming weekly repo funding before the next interest rate-setting meeting on July 23.
- The move effectively locks in higher borrowing costs for at least another month as the central bank seeks to assess inflation readings.
- Karahan communicated this stance to investors during a meeting in London, emphasizing that restarting repo funding prematurely would not be logical given current inflation monitoring needs.
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“it wouldn’t make sense to restart repo funding ahead of the decision because the bank wants to assess inflation readings first”