The plunge in Turkish industrial production and retail sales in April suggests that the economy suffered a almighty hit to GDP in Q2 – we expect the economy to suffer one of the largest contractions across major EMs of more than 15% q/q. The hit to activity, as well as the stabilisation of the lira over the past month, will probably give the central bank scope to lower interest rate again at its meeting later this month.
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