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Turkish current account deficit falls in June

by Daily Sabah with AA

ISTANBUL Aug 11, 2017 - 12:00 am GMT+3
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by Daily Sabah with AA Aug 11, 2017 12:00 am

Turkey's annual current account deficit shrunk to $3.7 billion in June, a fall of $1.2 billion year-on-year, the Central Bank said Friday.

Considering June's deficit data, the 12-month rolling deficit stands at $34.3 billion, the bank said.

According to the Central Bank, deficit in the first half of the year was $20.77 billion.

The import-export balance of goods was reduced by $670 million in Turkey's favor to $4.57 billion while the country's income from services rose by $491 million to $1.68 billion.

"The annual current account deficit has taken a break from its tendency to increase after slightly falling to the $34.3-billion level," economist Haluk Burumcekci said.

"The recovery in the current account deficit in June is backed by lower foreign trade deficit and higher net services income."

According to the Turkish Statistical Institute, foreign trade deficit in June was $6 billion with a 9.1 percent decrease compared with the same month in 2016.

"I think the current account deficit will reach $38 billion at the end of this year, due to increasing energy/gold imports and momentum in the economic growth," he added.

Turkey's economy grew by 5 percent in the first quarter of 2017 compared with the same period last year.

The growth target for 2017 is 4.4 percent, according to the government's medium-term program.

Timothy Ash, senior economist with London-based BlueBay Asset Management, highlighted $12 billion-bond purchase offers made under the balance of payments in the period after the country's April 16 constitutional referendum.

Ash said the growth showed that foreign investors were responding to the drive "by buying Turkish risk".

"Second, the Turkish Central Bank has been buying foreign exchange in size in past two months, building foreign exchange reserves and capping appreciation," he said.

"So, the Central Bank is managing the U.S. dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate around the 3.5 level."

The U.S. dollar/Turkish lira exchange rate hovered around 3.55 as of 3 p.m. (1200GMT) on Friday while one dollar was traded for 3.5370 Turkish liras at last Friday's close.

The exchange rate saw its historic high in mid-January this year climbing to around 3.94 Turkish liras while it was 3.02 on average last year and 2.71 in 2015.

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