THE Turkish central bank, which spent about $US6.0 billion ($A6.6 billion) on defending the lira last week, has signalled it might raise interest rates to support the currency.
In afternoon trading on Monday the lira, which had fallen by about 10.0 per cent since May, had firmed to 1.9378 to the US dollar from 1.9540 late on Friday.
The strong hint from the central bank came after the government assured foreign investors and the Turkish people that the bank would do its utmost to counter recent turbulence.
The 10-year borrowing rate also fell sharply on the government bond market from 9.36 per cent to 9.0 per cent.
Turkey has achieved strong economic growth in the last decade after severe financial crisis and IMF rescues, and is now an economic powerhouse in its region.
The economy is estimated to be about the 17th-biggest in the world.
The central bank, which has statutory independence in setting monetary policy, referred on Monday to its next policy meeting, saying "we will be able to decide on July 23 on a measured increase in interest rates".
The bank has been under strong pressure from the government to hold rates down.
At the beginning of last week, in response to a plunge of the lira to a record low level against the dollar, it promised tough foreign exchange intervention.
But that announcement met with scepticism on financial markets. One analyst estimated the reserves available for such action at about $US45 billion ($A49.8 billion).
Pressure on the currencies and borrowing rates of several emerging countries, including Turkey, has risen.
This is because the US Federal Reserve bank has signalled that it will soon begin winding down its special program of injecting funds to support the US economy. Some of this money went into emerging markets.
The change of climate has caused money to flow out of those markets. Turkey has been particularly hard hit.
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