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To: elmatador who wrote (104305)1/28/2014 6:26:32 PM
From: Snowshoe  Read Replies (1) of 218108
 
Turkey's Islamist PM thinks interest rates should be zero...

Turkish central bank makes massive rate hike to stem lira fall
finance.yahoo.com

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's central bank hiked all of its main interest rates in dramatic fashion at an emergency policy meeting, ignoring opposition from Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan as it battles to defend a crumbling lira.

The bank raised its overnight lending rate to 12 percent from 7.75 percent, its one-week repo rate to 10 percent from 4.5, and its overnight borrowing rate to 8 percent from 3.5, much sharper moves than economists had forecast.
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