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Turkey publishes three-year economic roadmap as inflation targets are raised again

From Cumhuriyet · () Turkish

Translated from Turkish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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Analysis Official statement New plan
  • Turkey published a new Medium-Term Program outlining the government’s economic priorities for the next three years.
  • The program raises inflation targets again and lowers the growth target, while projecting major increases in privatization revenues, the budget deficit and interest expenses.
  • Cumhuriyet says the plan also reflects the prospect of an election and includes highways and bridges in the privatization program.

Turkey’s government has published a new Medium-Term Program, setting out its economic roadmap for the next three years. But the plan arrives with inflation targets raised once again and the growth target cut.

The repeated revision of the inflation target is a central point of criticism in the report. Targets that failed to hold have been updated upward again, while the growth projection has been lowered.

The program also places bridges and highways within the scope of privatization. Expected privatization revenues for the coming years have consequently been increased sharply, described in the article as a “massive” rise.

The prospect of an election is also visible in the program, the report says. It projects major increases in the budget deficit in the years ahead, as well as large increases in interest expenses, despite the government’s stated opposition to high interest rates.

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Originally published by Cumhuriyet in Turkish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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