The Central Bank of Turkey held its one week repo auction rate at 24 percent on January 16th as widely expected, saying risks on price stability continue to prevail although there was some improvement in the inflation outlook. The country's annual inflation rate fell to a four-month low of 20.3 percent in December, still way above the central bank's midpoint target of 5 percent. Interest Rate in Turkey averaged 58.91 percent from 1990 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 500 percent in March of 1994 and a record low of 4.50 percent in May of 2013.

Interest Rate in Turkey is expected to be 24.00 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Interest Rate in Turkey to stand at 16.75 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Turkey Interest Rate is projected to trend around 9.50 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Calendar GMT Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2018-09-13 11:00 AM TCMB Interest Rate Decision 24% 17.75% 22% 20.75%
2018-10-25 11:00 AM TCMB Interest Rate Decision 24% 24% 24% 24%
2018-12-13 11:00 AM TCMB Interest Rate Decision 24% 24% 24% 24%
2019-01-16 11:00 AM TCMB Interest Rate Decision 24% 24% 24% 24%
2019-03-06 11:00 AM TCMB Interest Rate Decision 24% 24%
2019-03-13 11:00 AM MPC Meeting Summary
2019-04-25 11:00 AM TCMB Interest Rate Decision



Turkey Holds Key Interest Rate at 24%

The Central Bank of Turkey held its one week repo auction rate at 24 percent on January 16th as widely expected, saying risks on price stability continue to prevail although there was some improvement in the inflation outlook. The country's annual inflation rate fell to a four-month low of 20.3 percent in December, still way above the central bank's midpoint target of 5 percent.

Statement by the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey:

Recently released data show that rebalancing trend in the economy has become more noticeable. External demand maintains its strength while slowdown in economic activity continues, partly due to tight financial conditions. Current account balance is expected to maintain its improving trend.

While developments in import prices and domestic demand conditions have led to some improvement in the inflation outlook, risks on price stability continue to prevail. Accordingly, the Committee has decided to maintain the tight monetary policy stance until inflation outlook displays a significant improvement.

The Central Bank will continue to use all available instruments in pursuit of the price stability objective. Inflation expectations, pricing behavior, lagged impact of recent monetary policy decisions, contribution of fiscal policy to rebalancing process, and other factors affecting inflation will be closely monitored and, if needed, further monetary tightening will be delivered.

It should be emphasized that any new data or information may lead the Committee to revise its stance.


Central Bank of Turkey | Joana Ferreira | joana.ferreira@tradingeconomics.com
1/16/2019 11:13:36 AM


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Turkey Money Last Previous Highest Lowest Unit
Interest Rate 24.00 24.00 500.00 4.50 percent [+]
Money Supply M1 505851576.80 512512512.10 559184534.70 55562063.00 TRY Thousand [+]
Interbank Rate 23.42 23.45 28.52 4.74 percent [+]
Money Supply M2 1957268135.60 1940577977.60 2031956192.40 236620702.00 TRY Thousand [+]
Money Supply M3 2008860285.30 1988293249.70 2080428515.90 260092810.00 TRY Thousand [+]
Foreign Exchange Reserves 131074.10 129048.60 150428.70 1240.00 USD Million [+]
Banks Balance Sheet 3800152261.00 3764100502.00 4345002487.00 15859.80 TRY Thousand [+]
Loans to Private Sector 1214941342.00 1227628812.00 1438571065.00 3402.30 TRY Thousand [+]
Deposit Interest Rate 22.50 22.50 398.10 1.50 percent [+]
Private Debt to GDP 170.80 159.40 170.80 131.20 percent [+]
Lending Rate 25.50 25.50 2300.00 6.50 percent [+]
Foreign Stock Investment 34747.00 35260.00 82048.00 0.00 USD Million [+]
Cash Reserve Ratio 12.00 12.00 13.00 9.00 percent [+]
Central Bank Balance Sheet 752133976.00 713561797.00 858925152.00 9071.00 TRY Thousand [+]


Turkey Interest Rate

In Turkey, benchmark interest rates are set by the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey Monetary Policy Committee (Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankasi - TCMB). From June 1st 2018, the main interest rate is the one-week repo rate and the overnight borrowing and lending rates will be determined at 150 bps below/above the one-week repo rate. The central bank simplified its monetary policy framework on May 28th 2018 from a different system with four main key rates, with the late liquidity window lending rate being one of the most followed. This page provides the latest reported value for - Turkey Interest Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Turkey Interest Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on February of 2019.

Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
24.00 24.00 500.00 4.50 1990 - 2019 percent Daily




Country Last Previous
Argentina 43.94 Feb/19
Turkey 24.00 Jan/19
Mexico 8.25 Feb/19
Russia 7.75 Feb/19
South Africa 6.75 Jan/19
Brazil 6.50 Feb/19
India 6.25 Feb/19
Indonesia 6.00 Jan/19
China 4.35 Jan/19
Saudi Arabia 3.00 Jan/19
United States 2.50 Jan/19
Singapore 1.90 Jan/19
Canada 1.75 Jan/19
South Korea 1.75 Jan/19
Australia 1.50 Jan/19
United Kingdom 0.75 Feb/19
Euro Area 0.00 Jan/19
France 0.00 Jan/19
Germany 0.00 Jan/19
Italy 0.00 Jan/19
Netherlands 0.00 Jan/19
Spain 0.00 Jan/19
Japan -0.10 Jan/19
Switzerland -0.75 Jan/19


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