Turkey’s Inflation Seen To Breach 80% After Authorities Hike Electricity, Gas Prices By 50%

After notching a staggering 79.6% annual inflation in July, Turkish authorities raised electricity and natural gas prices by around 50% for industrial consumers on Thursday.

Turkey’s energy regulator Enerji Piyasası Düzenleme Kurumu also hiked the electricity prices by 30% for public and services sectors, and by 20% for household consumers.

Meanwhile, state-owned energy firm BOTAŞ Petroleum Pipeline Corporation said it raised natural gas price for small- to medium-scale industrial customers by 47.6% and for domestic use by 20.4%. The firm added that gas prices used for electricity production also increased by 49.5%.

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The huge increases in utility prices are anticipated to push inflation upwards by 0.8%, according to Reuters, which would potentially make annual inflation breach 80% in August. The industrial price hikes are also expected to drive up production costs for domestic goods, potentially spurring inflation further.

Despite the two-decade high inflation recorded last month, the Monetary Policy Committee of the Turkish central bank lowered its benchmark interest rate from 14% to 13% in a shocking reverse economic strategy.

Following the news, Turkish lira fell further, ranging at ₺18.20 as of this writing.

Source: xe.com

Earlier in February 2022 when annual inflation just broke 50%, protests broke out across Turkey demanding government action on soaring electricity prices. Some of the demonstrations were met with police using tear gas to disperse the crowd.


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