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May 26, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 

[The Wall Street Journal] Turkey reduces rates and signals more cuts

19 September 2009 / ,
Turkey's central bank Thursday cut its benchmark interest rate to 7.25 percent from 7.75 percent, and signaled it is planning several more rate cuts even as tentative signs emerged that the country's economy is stabilizing.
Investors had expected the latest rate cut, but also expect it to be last of a series that has taken the policy rate from 16.75 percent in November. Turkish gross domestic product fell 7 percent in the second quarter from a year earlier, data released last week showed -- a dramatic improvement from the 14 percent fall posted in the first three months.Demand was probably weaker in the third quarter, the Monetary Policy Committee of Turkey's central bank said in a note.

 
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