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IMF tells Turkey to raise interest rates

Inflation is rampant in Turkey, but Turkey's Central Bank stubbornly continues to cut interest rates under pressure from President Erdogan.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

The International Monetary Fund announced its most recent findings on Turkey today, and urged the country's Central Bank to raise interest rates.

The US-based financial institution sent a delegation to Ankara and Istanbul in October, meeting with people in both the private and public sectors. The IMF said that Turkey’s inflation and the depreciation of the local currency could be alleviated by higher interest rates.

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