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Turkey’s central government general budget showed a deficit of 31 billion liras ($1.77 billion) in June, according to Treasury and Finance Ministry data, with an initial deficit of 18.3 billion liras. In the first half of the year, the general budget recorded a surplus of 93.6 billion pounds. The primary …

Data on Wednesday showed that Turkey’s unemployment rate fell 0.3 percentage point on a monthly basis in May, while the seasonally adjusted disguised unemployment rose 0.8 percentage point to 22.4 percent. Disguised unemployment was declining for most of the past year, after it peaked at 29.6 percent in January 2021 …

Turkish unemployment data was released this morning, and the number of unemployed people in Turkey reached 3 million 785 thousand people, and the unemployment rate reached 10.9%. According to the data announced by TUIK today, the number of official unemployed people across the country decreased by 56 thousand in May …

The Consumer Price Index Turkey rose in June by 4.98%, and the annual rate approached 8%; slightly lower than market consensus (5.7%) and expectations that suggest (5.5%), which resulted in an annual figure of 78.6%. The downside surprise was due to lower food prices, particularly processed food conflicting with the …

The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey left its benchmark interest rate, the one-week repo rate, unchanged at 14.00% on Thursday, as market participants had been expecting. The CBRT’s decision to hold interest rates comes despite the headline rate of Consumer Price (CPI) Inflation in Turkey surging above 60% …

Data showed on Monday that annual consumer price inflation in Turkey jumped to a 20-year high of 61.14 percent in March, driven by higher energy and commodity prices in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, compounding the impact of the lira’s collapse late last year. The rate of inflation has …

The state-owned Turkish Energy Import Corporation (Botas) said that natural gas prices for industrial facilities rose by 50 percent and increased for households by 35 percent. (Botas) also said late on Thursday evening that the prices of natural gas used to generate electricity rose by 44.3 percent as of April …

Turkish consumer confidence rose 1.3 percent to 72.5 points in March, official data showed on Wednesday, rebounding from a dip last month and ignoring any impact of the conflict in Ukraine. Turkish consumer confidence hit a record low in December due to the depreciation of the lira. It had plunged …

The US Dollar remained under selling pressure throughout the day, accelerating its slump ahead of the London fix. The USD was affected by persistent weakness in government bond yields following the hawkish Federal Reserve’s announcement on Wednesday.Economic DataWTI crude has climbed near USD 102.00 as IEA renewed fears of supply …

Russia’s economy has been suffering long before the invasion of Ukraine. That suffering is now increasing but a total collapse is unlikely. It looks like Russia has built an economy that is geared for conflict.The Russian government’s involvement in the economy, and the money it continues to make from oil …