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Turkish Central Bank lowers policy interest rate by 250 basis points
The Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye has lowered interest rate by 250 basis points to 47.5% on Thursday.
It was the first rate cut in around two years.
From May 2023 until this March, the bank raised the rate from 8.5% to 50%, and at the last eight meetings kept the rate constant.
Anadolu, surveying economists, had predicted that the bank would lower the rate by 150 basis points.
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