ErdoÄŸan's high-risk path is surely leading Turkey to the IMF | Nils Pratley

Refusing standard monetary medicine means following Argentina is logical conclusion

There is not an easy way for Turkey to escape its financial crisis but three measures that might contain the coming pain would be these. First, raise interest rates to try to put a floor under the plunging lira. Second, tone down the bellicose rhetoric and certainly don't pick new fights with the US. Third, call the International Monetary Fund.

None of those actions arrived on Monday. The central bank lowered reserve requirements for banks, which may improve liquidity in the financial system for a short period but it kept the official interest rate at 17.5%. International investors knew how to read that decision. With inflation heading rapidly towards 20%-plus, it was a signal that Turkey is still refusing standard monetary medicine.

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