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Turkey posted highest deficit.

 

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Tur­key has pos­ted a record cur­rent account defi­cit, under­scor­ing the chal­lenge facing Pres­id­ent Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as voters’ dis­con­tent over his stew­ard­ship of the $800bn eco­nomy grows ahead of a gen­eral elec­tion in May. Erdoğan has vowed to tame Tur­key’s chronic defi­cit, a key vul­ner­ab­il­ity for the eco­nomy, by lift­ing exports with a weaker cur­rency. However, higher global energy costs worsened the defi­cit, which jumped 43 per cent year on year to $9.85bn in Janu­ary, the highest monthly level since the data was first col­lec­ted in 1984, accord­ing to Reu­ters. Eco­nom­ists had expec­ted a defi­cit of $10bn, a Reu­ters poll showed.

With exports fail­ing to keep up with imports, the trade defi­cit widened 38 per cent in Janu­ary to $14.24bn, hit­ting Tur­key’s bal­ance of pay­ments, which cov­ers the total value of goods and ser­vices that a coun­try imports and exports. These unex­plained inflows of cap­ital, which have vexed eco­nom­ists, fin­anced almost half the cur­rent account defi­cit last year. Should Tur­key’s inflows prove insuf­fi­cient to fin­ance the defi­cit, the lira would come under renewed pres­sure, Pic­coli said. «He needs until mid­May, or it becomes an issue for the cur­rency, the first chan­nel of trans­mis­sion in any crisis in Tur­key,» said Pic­coli.

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  1. Ed14 March 2023 at 09:45

    It will become an issue for the currency, no doubt about it. Erdogan didn't do a good job at all and should be replaced by the people. Let's not forget the sloppy job he did after the earthquakes plus allowing things to get this bad.

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    1. Morgan14 March 2023 at 12:16

      The problem is that there's no certainty that who will come after Erdogan will do a better job. There's lots to be fixed in Turkey, many problems. Yes, the lira will go down considerably, there is no way around this.

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