Turkish central bank

Turkey's inflation slows to 52%

Turkey's inflation slows to 52%

Turkey's annual inflation slowed to a 13-month low of 51.97% in August, according to the Turkish Statistics Institute (TÜİK). Consumer prices advanced 2.47% month-on-month in August, easing from the 3.23% increase in July, …

Turkish Central Bank may raise key rate above 50%

Turkish Central Bank may raise key rate above 50%

The Turkish Central Bank has decided not to change the key rate for now. It will keep it at 50%. However, the regulator warned that if inflation does not decline, the rate will be increased even more.

Turkish lira depreciates at record level

Turkish lira depreciates at record level

The Turkish lira continues to weaken. During today's trading, the country's national currency dropped to 33.13 lira per US dollar. By the end of the year, the Turkish lira could fall further, to almost 38 liras per US dollar.

Türkiye keeps interest rate at 50%

Türkiye keeps interest rate at 50%

The discount rate remained unchanged in Türkiye. The decision was made by the Central Bank of the country. The rate will remain at 50%.

Turkey’s central bank raises interest rate to 50%

Turkey’s central bank raises interest rate to 50%

Turkey’s central bank raised its key interest rate, the one-week repo rate, from 45% to 50%, the bank's press service reported, citing the continuing need to counter climbing inflation in the country. …

Turkish lira hits new record low

Turkish lira hits new record low

The Turkish lira hit a fresh record low against the U.S. dollar on January 11, trading at 30.005 to the greenback just before noon local …

Turkey's central bank raises key rate to 25%

Turkey's central bank raises key rate to 25%

Turkey’s central bank raised its key interest rate by 7.5 percentage points on August 24, signaling it was willing to follow through on a new commitment to damp inflation through monetary policy. …

Turkey's inflation rate to peak at 60% by year-end

Turkey's inflation rate to peak at 60% by year-end

Turkey's inflation could reach 59.46 per cent by December, according to a central bank survey. The policy rate of Turkey's central bank hiked to 17.5% in July may reach 19.19% in December. The lira …

Turkey raises its key interest rate to 17.5%

Turkey raises its key interest rate to 17.5%

Turkey’s central bank raised on July 20 its key interest rate to 17.5%, the highest level since October 2021. The 2.5% hike came a month after the bank raised rates from 8.5% to 15% following more than a year of …

Turkey's central bank rises interest rate to 15%

Turkey's central bank rises interest rate to 15%

Turkey’s central bank delivered a large interest rate hike Thursday, raising its key rate by 6.5% points to 15%. The increase, which is a significant jump from the current 8.5%, is the first since March 2021. The central bank …

Hafize Gaye Erkan named Türkiye's central bank governor

Hafize Gaye Erkan named Türkiye's central bank governor

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has appointed Hafize Gaye Erkan as the country’s new central bank governor, the Official Gazette said. Erkan was a former managing director at Goldman Sachs and co-CEO at …

Türkiye's central bank sees substantial increase in reserves

Türkiye's central bank sees substantial increase in reserves

The reserves of the Central Bank of Republic of Türkiye (CBRT) have reached $125 billion, CBRT governor Shahap Kavcioglu said on the air of the TRT TV channel. "The only central bank in the world, the reserves of which have …