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Turkey Rebounds from Recession at Onset of Rate-Cut Cycle

  • Central bank slashed rates twice and signaled more to come
  • Rebound adds to challenge of balancing growth and inflation

Turkey's economy expanded 1.7% compared to the third quarter.

Photographer: Kerem Uzel/Bloomberg
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Turkey emerged from a technical recession in the fourth quarter, with stronger-than-forecast growth and a nascent rate-cut cycle bolstering investors’ hopes for an economic uplift this year.

The $1.3 trillion economy expanded 1.7% compared to the third quarter, Turkey’s statistics agency said Friday. That was slightly more than the median forecast of 1.5% in a Bloomberg survey.