inflation

Will Turkish economic policies shift post-election?

The March 31 local elections in Türkiye marked the most severe defeat for the incumbent AKP in its 20-year reign.…

2 weeks ago

Turkish Central Bank raised rates to 50 percent: what is happening?

The Turkish Central Bank’s (CBRT) Monetary Policy Committee (PPK) increased the policy rate by 500 base points from 45 percent…

1 month ago

CBRT’s inflation forecasts remains the same in 2024’s first report

The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) Governor Fatih Karahan, facing the cameras for the first time following…

3 months ago

Bayraktar tops taxpayer list, but why others choose anonymity?

The Ministry of Treasury and Finance published Türkiye's top taxpayers list after 3 years on January 3, revealing that President…

4 months ago

The devil lies in the details: The actual policy rate in Türkiye is not 42.5

This article is one of the most challenging ones that I have written for a newspaper or any other media…

4 months ago

Erdoğan failed to persuade Putin, but his economy team convinced TurkStat

Let's be clear. It was already clear from Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan's contacts with Ukraine and Russia that President Tayyip…

8 months ago

The CBRT’s policy rate increase is positive; will there be more?

The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Turkey (CBRT) raised the policy rate from 17.5 percent to 25…

8 months ago

Will Türkiye print larger banknotes again amid inflation?

Türkiye may print 500 and 1000 Turkish Lira banknotes amid increasing inflation and currency crisis. This time last year, former…

8 months ago

Resurgence of inflation in Türkiye: Turn to rationality or a red light

On August 3, Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) announced a consumer price index increase of 9.5 percent for July, which is…

9 months ago

Turkish people hit by a storm of tax and fee hikes

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has signed a series of presidential decrees that raise the value-added tax (VAT) rate from…

10 months ago