Falling for a sixth consecutive month, Trkiye's annual consumer inflation rate slowed to a 16-month low of 43.68% in April, according to official data released on Wednesday. April's figure, announced by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), was down from 50.51% in March, bucking the market forecast of 51.33%. The inflation rate was 69.97% in April 2022, according to TurkStat. Prices increased at a slower pace in furniture - 43.18% in April versus 56.12% in March - as well as in food and non-alcoholic beverages, which rose 53.92% in April compared to 67.89% in March, and in housing, with a 43.18% rise last month from the previous 56.12% increase. The highest price increase on a yearly basis was in health with 66.62%, while the lowest was in clothing and footwear with 13.82%. On a monthly basis, consumer prices in Trkiye increased 2.39% in April, accelerating from March's three-month low of 2.29%. In its April meeting, the Turkish Central Bank kept the one-week repo rate, also known as the policy rate, unchanged at 8.5%. The bank forecasts that inflation in the country will hit 22.3% at the end of the year.
Source: Anadolu Agency