Accordingly, inflation and foreign trade figures, which are currently disclosed at 5 p.m., will be announced at 10 a.m. TurkStat currently announces key figures to the public after the markets are closed to avoid investors’ knee-jerk reactions without full and satisfactory information.
Meanwhile, starting in 2010 the central bank will be responsible for releasing the results of tendency surveys in the manufacturing industry, like capacity utilization rates. Additionally, the Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges (TOBB) will be responsible for recording and announcing figures on company openings and liquidations.
The consumer and producer price indexes will continue to be released on the third day of every month. If the third day of a month falls on the weekend, the data will be disclosed on the next working day. Foreign trade statistics will also continue to be announced on the last working day of the month. Similarly, no change has been made in the calendar of revealing the industrial output numbers. This set of data will be released on the 8th of every month or the closest working day if it is a weekend day.
TurkStat will start preparing new data series in the new year, including sector-specific wastewater statistics, labor participation rates by province and construction sector turnover.
