Tag Archives: inflationary pressures

Turkey’s central bank on Thursday cut its key interest rate by 150 basis points to 9 percent as expected. It announced it had decided to end the easing cycle, which began in response to a call by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to cut rates below 10 percent by the end …

Official data showed on Tuesday that Turkey’s consumer confidence index rose 0.6 percent to 76.6 points in November, continuing its recovery from a record low of 63.4 in June, despite continued high inflation. The biggest improvement was in confidence in the expectations of the general economic situation during the next …

On Thursday, a statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed that the agreement to export grain through the Black Sea will be extended for 120 days, starting from November 18, without any amendments to the current agreement. The statement added that Moscow assumes that Russian concerns related to easier conditions …

The British government said it has frozen £18 billion of assets belonging to the Russian oligarchs and individuals and entities sanctioned against Moscow over the war in Ukraine. The frozen Russian assets were 6 billion more than the value declared by all other British sanctions regimes. “We have imposed the …

The EUR/USD pair found an immediate bolstering factor around 1.0000 ahead of the key US CPI data expected on Thursday. US shares were subject to massive selloff transactions amid anxiety ahead of US midterm elections.The Eurozone CPI is still seen at 3% in three years and 5.1% in the next …

According to Reuters, Turkish Energy Minister Fatih Donmez said on Tuesday that Turkey has started paying in Russian rubles for some of its natural gas purchases from Russiam. In an interview with the TRT news channel of the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation, Donmez said the share of payments in …

Official data published on Thursday showed that inflation in Turkey rose in October year-on-year to a 24-year high of 85.51 percent, slightly less than expected after the central bank cut interest rates three times in three months despite rising prices. Inflation has risen since last year, with the lira plummeting …

The Kremlin said on Wednesday that it is still in contact with Turkey over the Ukraine grain deal but that Russia’s participation is currently suspended. Russia suspended its participation in the deal at the weekend, saying it could not guarantee the safety of civilian ships crossing the Black Sea due …

Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Monday that suspending the agreement to export grain from the Black Sea will not benefit any of the parties involved, after Moscow suspended its participation in the initiative. Akar stated that he will hold a phone conversation with his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu …

The World Bank said on Monday it has provided an additional $500 million to help Ukraine meet urgent spending needs caused by Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion and ongoing war on its soil. This came on the eve of a conference in Berlin on Tuesday where world leaders, development experts and …