Turkey's monthly inflation rate for June came in lower than expected, despite the continued collapse of the lira currency following the re-election of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Turkey's consumer price index rose 3.92% month-on-month, official data showed Wednesday.
On a year-on-year basis, inflation rose 38.21%, also slightly lower than Reuters' forecasts of 39.47%.
"The lira freefall starts to take its toll once again as it reignites cost pressures," he said.
Ash added that the central bank will need to "work very hard to bring inflation meaningfully down from here."
Persons:
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Bartosz Sawicki, Timothy Ash, Ash
Organizations:
Reuters, CNBC