Turkey’s central bank on Thursday hiked its key interest rate by another 250 basis points to 45%.

The hike to the benchmark one-week repo rate was in line with economists’ expectations.

It comes amid an ongoing battle against double-digit inflation for Turkey’s monetary policymakers, with the rate hike the latest step in that effort.

Inflation in Turkey increased to 64.8% year-on-year in December, up from 62% in November, and the country’s currency, the lira, hit a new record low against the U.S. dollar earlier in January, breaking 30 to the greenback for the first time.

Analysts predict this will be the last hike for some time, especially with local elections approaching in March.

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    5 months ago

    Millions of Americans that are servicing revolving debt would see their monthly payments see large increases.

    I have an SBA loan that I took out in 2021. My monthly payments have gone up by $2500 ish in just interest. It really hurts.