The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey dropped the required reserve ratio on 1-year foreign exchange deposits -100bps to 10% from 11%, and for deposits of up to 3-years -150bps to 10% from 11.5%, and for foreign exchange deposits longer than 3 years -200bps to 9% from 11%. The moves come into effect from the 5th of August; the bank said the move would add liquidity of approximately 590 million to the market. The Bank also suspended daily foreign exchange buying auctions of $30 million.
The Turkish central bank held its benchmark interest rate unchanged recently during its July meeting this year. Turkey reported annual consumer price inflation of 6.2% in June, off from 7.2% in May, but up from 4.26% in April, and 3.99% in March, and above the Bank's full year inflation target of 5.5%. On inflation the Bank said: "Although core inflation is likely display some upward movement over the short term, the increase is expected to be limited due to the slowdown in economic activity".
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