Turkish economy: Timely reporting and analysis of economic developments in Turkey with all its structural problems, as one of world’s 20 biggest economies
Turkey’s inflation continues to rise as the data published by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT) the Consumer Price Index (CPI) has surged to 80,21 percent annually with a 1,46 percent rise in August, the highest inflation recorded in the country in 24 years. According to TURKSTAT figures, in August 2022, CPI increased by 1.46 percent
Turkey’s Finance and Treasury Minister Nureddin Nebati told industrialist and business circles on Aug. 26 that “there is no point concerning” about US Deputy Secretary of the Treasury’s warning which stated that pursuing business with sanctioned Russians will also cause secondary sanctions. “There is no point the letter that is conveyed to the Turkish business
The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) Monetary Policy Committee (PPK) convened on August 18 and lowered the policy rate by 100 basis points from 14 percent to 13 percent. This interest rate cut was a big surprise even for us who are skeptical of various ongoing incredible things in our beautiful country.
The Central Bank of the Turkish Republic (CBRT) lowered the policy rate from 14 percent to 13 percent amid surging inflation and currency crisis. The CBRT decided to lower the long been steady 14 percent policy interest rate to 13 percent after the Monetary Policy Board meeting on Aug. 18. “The Board evaluated that the
Turkish inflation keeps soaring as the latest data announced by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) indicate a 79,6 percent annual rise in the Consumer Price Index and 144,6 percent rise in the Producer Price Index. The number is the highest inflation recorded in Türkiye in 24 years since 1998. According to TÜİK a change in
The cargo ship carrying 26 thousand tonnes of corn left Ukraine’s port of Odesa on Aug. 1 as the first shipment within the framework of the grain export deal signed under UN auspices and Türkiye’s guarantorship. Sierra Leone-flagged Razoni left the Black Sea Port at 9:48 AM local time, Ukraine’s ministry of infrastructure announced on
Do you know what would have happened if Russia’s Rosatom, the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant’s subsidiary, had not suddenly announced on July 29 that it had terminated the contract with the Turkish partner IC İçtaş for the construction of the plant? President Tayyip Erdoğan would return from Sochi, where he will meet with Russian President
The Turkish Lira (TRY) depreciated further against the US Dollar and reached the psychological limit of 18 liras, and closed the day at 17.92 just before the US Federal Reserve announced its interest rate decision on July 27. The last time the US Dollar TRY parity passed the 18 limit was on December 18 2021
The four-way meeting with Russia, Ukraine, UN and Türkiye delegations in a bid to resolve the grain crisis in the Black held in Istanbul Türkiye. The military delegations of the Ministry of Defense of Turkey, the Russian Federation and Ukraine and the United Nations delegation convened in Istanbul on July 13 in a one and
