Inflation & Prices
Turkey’s Quake Response Risks Returning Inflation to Upward Path
- Price growth slowed to 55.7% last month, survey shows
- Government spending post disaster may keep prices high
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Turkish inflation is expected to be at its lowest in a year when the statistics office reports data on Friday, though state spending following deadly earthquakes and looser monetary policy risk a return to an upward path.
Consumer prices probably rose an annual 55.7% last month, down from 57.7% in January, according to the median forecast in a Bloomberg survey. Inflation has been slowing in Turkey for the last three months after reaching more than 85% — the highest level since 1998 — a fall attributed to the easing of a 2021 currency crisis that prompted prices to spiral.