Price indices

Treasury and Finance Minister Lütfi Elvan vowed on June 11 to continue to fight against inflation to ensure prosperity, saying that the government and the Turkish Central Bank would be in close cooperation for this purpose.

Family budgets are burning and from the threat of a generalized wave of price increases that is beginning to be felt in the Greek market.

Turkey's annual inflation rate stands at 16.59% in May, down from 17.14% in April, the country's statistical authority announced on June 3. 

The annual figure in consumer prices decreased by 0.55 percentage points last month, according to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK).

The annual inflation rate rose to 3.2% in April this year, from 3.1% in March, given that the price of non-food goods rose by 5.21%, food goods by 0.76%, and services by 2.61%, according to data published on Thursday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS). "Consumer prices in April 2021, compared to March 2021, increased by 0.5%.

Turkey saw an annual hike of 17.14% in consumer prices in April, the country's statistical authority reported on May 3. 

Last month, the annual inflation went up 0.95 percentage points from 16.19% in March, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) said.

Turkey posted a 16.19% annual rise in consumer prices in March, the country's statistical authority announced on April 5. 

The annual figure increased by 0.58 percentage points last month, rising from 15.61% in February, according to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK).

Month-on-month, the consumer price index climbed by 1.08% in March.

The annual rate of CPI inflation is expected to maintain its upward trend until the end of the year, when it will reach the level of 3.4 pct, and will fall to 2.8 pct at the end of 2022, the Report on Inflation of the National Bank of Romania (BNR) reads.

Romania's annual inflation rate rose to 3.2 percent in February this year from 2.99 the month before, as non-foods grew by 3.8 percent more expensive, food prices advanced 2.7 percent and service prices 2.32 percent, shows data released on Thursday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS). "Year-over-year, February's consumer prices were 3.2 percent higher.

Turkey posted a 15.61% annual rise in consumer prices in February, the country's statistical authority announced on March 3. 

The annual figure increased by 0.64 percentage points last month, rising from 14.97% in January, according to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK).

Month-on-month, the consumer price index climbed by 0.91% in February.

Confidence in Turkey's service and construction sectors diminished, while retail trade increased on a monthly basis in February, the country's statistical authority revealed on Feb. 22.