Turkey holds policy rates steady despite rising inflation

Monetary policy committee keeps interest rates steady

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Erdem Başçı, Governor of the Turkish Central Bank

Turkey's central bank left its policy rate unchanged today (December 22), despite inflation rising further above its target level.

Turkey's one-week repo rate was left at 7.5%, the level it has been at since February. Annual inflation rose to 8.1% in November, up from the previous month's 7.58%, and above the central bank's target of 5.0%.

The central bank also left its overnight interest rates unchanged, with the marginal funding rate at 10.75% and the borrowing rate at 7.25%. The late

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