Türkiye's economic shift fuels optimism but challenges persist: expert

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Türkiye's economic shift fuels optimism but challenges persist: expert

STORY: Türkiye's economic shift fuels optimism but challenges persist: expert DATELINE: Sept. 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:04:10 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people on the streets in Türkiye 2. various of Turkish lira and the U.S. dollar 3. various of people shopping in Türkiye 4. various of shipping trade in Türkiye 5. various of people shopping in Türkiye 6. various of shipping trade in Türkiye 7. SOUNDBITE (Turkish): CAN SELCUKI, Director of Türkiye Raporu STORYLINE: Turkish Finance and Treasury Minister Mehmet Simsek revealed on Sept. 19 that Türkiye obtained some 10.4 billion U.S. dollars in external financing since the country embraced new policies in June. The amount includes 6.7 billion dollars from the banking sector, 367 million from the non-banking financial sector and 3.26 billion from the real sector, according to the report. After the new economic management put in place in June decided to aggressively hike interest rates from 8.5 to 30 percent to curb inflation an

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