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Erdoğan doubles down on low interest rates despite lira fall

November 30, 2021
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Erdoğan accuses Greek PM of ‘lies’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses a press conference at the end of the G20 of World Leaders Summit on October 31, 2021 at the convention center "La Nuvola" in the EUR district of Rome. (Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP)

By Turkish Minute

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan vowed “no compromise” on low interest rates in comments published by Turkish media on Monday, despite a currency crisis, Agence France-Presse reported.

The embattled Turkish lira crashed last week and has continued to lose value against the dollar after a series of rate cuts by the central bank in spite of rampant inflation.

Erdoğan on Saturday ordered the State Supervisory Council, an auditing body under the president’s direct authority, to investigate currency manipulation claims.

“I have never advocated, do not advocate and will never advocate for increasing interest rates,” Erdoğan told Turkish journalists on board his plane returning from a trip to Turkmenistan at the weekend.

“Even if others who think differently appear, Tayyip Erdoğan has the same position. I will absolutely not compromise on this issue,” he said, as quoted by NTV.

Erdoğan strongly opposes high interest rates and goes against orthodox economic thinking to claim they cause high inflation.

He railed against the “interest rate lobby” which seeks to push Turkey to adopt higher rates, insisting inflation would fall before elections in 2023.

Under heavy pressure from the president who has sacked three governors since July 2019, the central bank has cut the main interest rate every month since September.

The rate is 15 percent, down from 19 percent before the first rate cut on September 23.

But inflation has remained stubbornly in the double digits for the past two years.

The annual rate was at nearly 20 percent in October, and there are fears the figure will be much higher for November when that month’s data is published Friday.

The lira has lost 42 percent in value against the greenback since the start of 2021, crashing to 13 to the dollar last Tuesday.

The lira’s weakness has persisted, with the currency losing over 3 percent to reach 12.7 to the dollar at around 1200 GMT Monday after Erdoğan’s comments were published.

 

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