Turkish Official Overseeing GDP Data Removed in ‘Rotation’

  • Man in charge of economic-growth calculations reassigned
  • Turkey GDP grew at slowest pace in third quarter since 2020
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Turkey’s state statistics agency removed a senior official overseeing the calculation of a key measure of output after worse-than-expected economic data, a move it said was a rotation.

Cihat Erce Isbasar, the chairman of the national accounts directorate, was reassigned to a new department late last month, Bloomberg reported Monday, according to people familiar with the matter, who spoke on condition of anonymity as it hadn’t been announced.