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ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey\u2019s lira hit its strongest level since August on Friday and cemented its position as the top-performing currency in the world this year, after the central bank governor told Reuters that interest rates were unlikely to be cut for a \u201clong time\u201d.<\/p>

FILE PHOTO: A merchant counts Turkish lira banknotes at the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, Turkey, March 29, 2019. REUTERS\/Murad Sezer<\/figcaption>

In his first interview since taking the job in early November, Naci Agbal said \u201cIt does not seem possible to put interest rate cuts on the agenda for a long time this year,\u201d adding that they could also be raised again if necessary.<\/p>\n

The comments boosted the lira by more than 0.7% to 7.09 against the dollar from 7.14 late on Thursday. That extended its gain against the dollar for 2021 to nearly 5%, albeit after an unbroken eight-year slide.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe recovery narrative in Turkish assets has been strengthened by the governor\u2019s remarks,\u201d said Societe Generale emerging market strategist Phoenix Kalen.<\/p>\n

She said Agbal\u2019s comments reaffirmed that the central bank, which in recent years has often bowed to political pressure to cut interest rates, now wanted to keep them high to get inflation under control.<\/p>\n

Under Agbal, the bank has raised rates to 17% from 10.25%, giving Turkey the tightest monetary policy of any major developed or emerging-market economy.<\/p>\n

Agbal also said that the bank wanted to gradually rebuild its depleted foreign exchange reserves. This \u201csounds like a sensible plan to reverse one of Turkey\u2019s key external vulnerabilities\u201d, Soc Gen\u2019s Kalen said.<\/p>\n

With the lira gaining, key forex market volatility gauges are now at their lowest levels since late July. Turkish government bonds extended rises that have seen most leap roughly 20% since early November.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe interview was pretty clear about the outlook for rates, at least for the next 12 months,\u201d said Kieran Curtis at Aberdeen Standard Investments<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have definitely seen some (investment) flows going back into Turkey in the weekly data and reserves are going up, so we are turning to a more positive scenario.\u201d<\/p>\n

Deutsche Bank on Friday estimated that international investors have accumulated roughly $3 billion worth of Turkey\u2019s lira-denominated bonds and stocks since October.<\/p>\n

Foreigners now own $7.7 billion in Turkish local currency bonds, the highest amount since June, and $28.9 billion in Turkish equities. To put it into perspective, however, the total amount of $36.5 billion compares to $140 billion in mid 2013.<\/p>\n

This week, Deutsche has also upped where it thinks the lira could rise to 7 per dollar.<\/p>\n

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