Rough-And-Steady

Economy Issue #20

Welcome back to your weekly dose of Turkey’s economic news. Get excited – it’s MPC week!

The rate decision did not take anyone by surprise, but this might: A draft bill by the Revenue Administration suggested consumers will be fined 5,000 liras for failing to obtain receipts, regardless of what they buy or why. Just keep that in mind on your way out to çarşı today.

In this week’s edition:

1. MPC holds policy rate, inflation talk

2. The biggest gun enters the FDI chat

3. Energy deals from the West to the East

4. This week’s stat round-up

Pedestrians walk in front of a currency exchange office in İstanbul’s Beyoğlu district on Sept. 8. © Ingrid Woudwijk

No alarms, no surprises: MPC holds policy rate, inflation talk