Central Bank interest rate decision announced


Following its evaluation of the latest economic developments, the Central Bank (CB) has decided to reduce interest rates for the fifth time this year. The overnight and weekly interest rates have dropped by 0.5 points. The total reduction since the start of the year is now 3.5 points.  With a warning that recent cost developments will affect inflation, the Bank reduced the overnight interest rate to 18.50 per cent from 19 per cent and the weekly interest rate to 14.50 per cent from 15 per cent.  Source: Zaman


All news and features older than 7 days are subscription only. This article is from the archive. Archived articles could only be accessed with the subscription. If you are a subscriber please log in, alternatively you need to purchase a subscription to view the full content for this page.